Verb (used with object) : an absurdity grafted onto an otherwise coherent body of thought.    From Dictionary.com. 

Skin grafting procedures may be required to repair the damage.    From Wordnik.com.  [Spider Bites] Reference

Of Human Bandage Medical treatise on early skin grafting techniques.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2004-04-01] Reference

I couldn’t agree more, Maureen, that the prospect of lace grafting is terrifying.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-03-01] Reference

I must have knit most of the Princess under the influence of cider, but don’t feel that lace grafting is compatible with it now.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-07-01] Reference

It occurs to me that with that method it is very essential you have the right kind of grafting wax, otherwise it might injure your bark.    From Wordnik.com.  [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fifth Annual Meeting Evansville, Indiana, August 20 and 21, 1914] Reference

While the rhetorical effect was similar, he has argued that the distinct coloring ensured that this was not "grafting" as alleged by e.g.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mann on Splices: the Case of Crowley and Lowery « Climate Audit] Reference

In either kind of grafting, the cion carries about three leaf-buds.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Apple-Tree The Open Country Books—No. 1] Reference

This is a kind of grafting in a new position of part of an animal upon itself.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Island of Doctor Moreau] Reference

Another kind of grafting clay is composed of equal parts of stiff clay and cow-dung.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Lady's Country Companion: or, How to Enjoy a Country Life Rationally] Reference

Regarding my previous post on "grafting" because obviously there is some misunderstanding.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mia's Saving Grace] Reference

This is a new kind of grafting, in which the less noble shoot is grafted on to the nobler stock.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Letters of Cassiodorus Being A Condensed Translation Of The Variae Epistolae Of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator] Reference

"That is the conventional part of it -- what Stépan calls the grafting on of a meaning to suit some idea of civilisation.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Price of Things] Reference

Madame Bontems’ vanity is not a little flattered by the notion of grafting the Bontems on to the genealogical tree of the.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Second Home] Reference

MR. BERNATH: Made especially for grafting, Mr. Stoke.    From Wordnik.com.  [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950] Reference

It shows that anything is possible if you keep grafting.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mo Farah: 'I can definitely win a medal at the London Olympics'] Reference

Otherwise the grafting method is the same for top-working.    From Wordnik.com.  [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950] Reference

He has left the grafting case over here for anyone to see.    From Wordnik.com.  [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950] Reference

Hickory varieties established at Waseca by grafting are Beaver (1939).    From Wordnik.com.  [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950] Reference

February in grafting, and then taking them out and planting them in the spring.    From Wordnik.com.  [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950] Reference

It is similar to bridge grafting and has been known and practiced for centuries.    From Wordnik.com.  [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950] Reference

To pull me so close that I became a part of them instantly, grafting us together.    From Wordnik.com.  [States of Residency] Reference

It eliminates the storage problem and eliminates waxing immediately after grafting.    From Wordnik.com.  [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950] Reference

That's grafting or flowering, or whatever you want to call it -- back-breaking exercise.    From Wordnik.com.  [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950] Reference

This project has everything from animal cloning to genomic enhancement to tissue grafting.    From Wordnik.com.  [Eight Maids a'Milking] Reference

Efforts there mainly have been to establish varieties of black walnut and hickory by grafting.    From Wordnik.com.  [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950] Reference

These burns can result in serious injuries that often required skin grafting and intensive care.    From Wordnik.com.  [This week in safety] Reference

I have heard that not long ago you sent out a questionnaire relative to nut growing and grafting.    From Wordnik.com.  [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950] Reference

With reasonable care and fairly good technique the grafting operation is not difficult to perform.    From Wordnik.com.  [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950] Reference

In grafting Carpathian walnuts on black, we found that some varieties graft or take more readily than others.    From Wordnik.com.  [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950] Reference

She says it's a much cheaper method than grafting under glass but at the moment the results are far less reliable.    From Wordnik.com.  [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950] Reference

The method of propagation of the Hazilbert is by layers instead of grafting -- layering is a cheaper and more satisfactory method.    From Wordnik.com.  [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950] Reference

At grafting time I was quite surprised to find the wood I had cut late to be in exactly the same condition as it was the day I cut it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950] Reference

Scions have kept perfectly -- maybe too perfectly -- because they were absolutely dormant at grafting time, and have given poor success.    From Wordnik.com.  [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950] Reference