Sentence:  And now when at length the Vineyard has ſhed its late Leaves, and the cold Northwind ſhook from the Groves their Honours; even then the active Swain extends his Cares to the enſuing Year, and cloſe <WSD>plys</WSD> the "deſolate" forſaken Vine, cutting off "the ſuperfluous Roots" with Saturn's crooked Hook, and forms it by pruning. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To bend; to fold; to mould;  to adapt, to modify; to change (a person's) mind, to cause (a person) to submit.