Vocabulary : Graf to Grafter

Graf : A German title of nobility, equivalent to earl in English, or count in French. See Earl.
Graff : A steward; an overseer. ;; See Graft.
Graffage : The scarp of a ditch or moat.
Graffer : a notary or scrivener.
Graffiti : Inscriptions, figure drawings, etc., found on the walls of ancient sepulchers or ruins, as in the Catacombs, or at Pompeii.

Graffito : Production of decorative designs by scratching them through a surface of layer plaster, glazing, etc., revealing a different-colored ground; also, pottery or ware so decorated; -- chiefly used attributively.
Graft : A small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree, the stock of which is to support and nourish it. The two unite and become one tree, but the graft determines the kind of fruit. ;; A branch or portion of a tree growing from such a shoot. ;; A portion of living tissue used in the operation of autoplasty. ;; To insert (a graft) in a branch or stem of another tree; to propagate by insertion in another stock; also, to insert a graft upon. ;; To implant a portion of (living flesh or akin) in a lesion so as to form an organic union. ;; To join (one thing) to another as if by grafting, so as to bring about a close union. ;; To cover, as a ring bolt, block strap, splicing, etc., with a weaving of small cord or rope-yarns. ;; To insert scions from one tree, or kind of tree, etc., into another; to practice grafting. ;; Acquisition of money, position, etc., by dishonest or unjust means, as by actual theft or by taking advantage of a public office or any position of trust or employment to obtain fees, perquisite
Graftage : The science of grafting, including the various methods of practice and details of operation.
Grafted : of Graft
Grafter : One who inserts scions on other stocks, or propagates fruit by ingrafting. ;; An instrument by which grafting is facilitated. ;; The original tree from which a scion has been taken for grafting upon another tree.

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