Planting
Pronunciation : Plant"ing
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. The act or operation of setting in the ground for propagation, as seeds, trees, shrubs, etc.; the forming of plantations, as of trees; the carrying on of plantations, as of sugar, coffee, etc.
2. That which is planted; a plantation. Trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord. Isa. lxi. 3.
3. (Arch.)
Defn: The laying of the first courses of stone in a foundation. [Eng.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913