Pruning

Webster's Dictionary

(1): ( n.) That which is cast off by bird in pruning her feathers; leavings.

(2): ( n.) The act of trimming, or removing what is superfluous.

(3): ( p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prune

King James Dictionary

Pru'Ning, ppr. Lopping off superfluous branches trimming clearing of what is superfluous.

Pru'Ning, n. In gardening and agriculture, the lopping off the superfluous branches of trees,either for improving the trees or their fruit.