Obs. [ad. L. carbunculātiōn-em a disease of plants, f. carbunculā-re to have carbunculus or blasting.] (See quots.)
a. 1673. Caryl, in Spurgeon, Treas. Dav., Ps. cxlvii. 16. Unseasonable frosts … scorch the tender fruits, which … is usually expressed by carbunculation or blasting.
1704. J. Harris, Lex. Techn., Carbunculation, is the blasting of the new-sprouted Buds of Trees and Plants, either by excessive Heat … or else by excessive Cold.
1755. in Johnson, etc.
