Obs. [a. Fr. abouter said of a tumor, f. à bout to a head: bouter of buds.]
1725. Bradley, Fam. Dict., Abouting, a term used by the French gardeners to denote that the Trees are budded; as it signifies, in regard to Animals, the making a kind of a Head or Abscess.
1731. Bailey, Abouted, budded. [In Ash, 1775.]
