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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Arcuation \Arc`u*a"tion\, n. [L. arcuatio.] 1. The act of bending or curving; incurvation; the state of being bent; crookedness. --Coxe. [1913 Webster] 2. (Hort.) A mode of propagating trees by bending branches to the ground, and covering the small shoots with earth; layering. --Chambers. [1913 Webster]