Definition of hedge

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Hedge (n.) A thicket of bushes, usually thorn bushes; especially, such a thicket planted as a fence between any two portions of land; and also any sort of shrubbery, as evergreens, planted in a line or as a fence; particularly, such a thicket planted round a field to fence it, or in rows to separate the parts of a garden..

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Raddle :: Raddle (n.) A hedge or fence made with raddles; -- called also raddle hedge.
Lane :: Lane (n.) A passageway between fences or hedges which is not traveled as a highroad; an alley between buildings; a narrow way among trees, rocks, and other natural obstructions; hence, in a general sense, a narrow passageway; as, a lane between lines of men, or through a field of ice..
Edder :: Edder (v. t.) To bind the top interweaving edder; as, to edder a hedge..
Pinnock :: Pinnock (n.) The hedge sparrow.
Picke :: Picke (n.) A small piece of land inclosed with a hedge; a close.
Hedgepig :: Hedgepig (n.) A young hedgehog.
Urchin :: Urchin (n.) A mischievous elf supposed sometimes to take the form a hedgehog.
Plash :: Plash (v. t.) To cut partly, or to bend and intertwine the branches of; as, to plash a hedge..
Arrentation :: Arrentation () A letting or renting, esp. a license to inclose land in a forest with a low hedge and a ditch, under a yearly rent..
Hedgeborn :: Hedgeborn (a.) Born under a hedge; of low birth.
Take :: Take (v. i.) To move or direct the course; to resort; to betake one's self; to proceed; to go; -- usually with to; as, the fox, being hard pressed, took to the hedge..
Tinet :: Tinet (n.) Brushwood and thorns for making and repairing hedges.
Lobby :: Lobby (n.) A confined place for cattle, formed by hedges. trees, or other fencing, near the farmyard..
Echinus :: Echinus (n.) A hedgehog.
Accentor :: Accentor (n.) A genus of European birds (so named from their sweet notes), including the hedge warbler. In America sometimes applied to the water thrushes..
Hedging Bill :: Hedging bill () A hedge bill. See under Hedge.
Quick :: Quick (n.) That which is quick, or alive; a living animal or plant; especially, the hawthorn, or other plants used in making a living hedge..
Quickset :: Quickset (n.) A living plant set to grow, esp. when set for a hedge; specifically, the hawthorn..
Clear :: Clear (v. t.) To leap or pass by, or over, without touching or failure; as, to clear a hedge; to clear a reef..
Hedger :: Hedger (n.) One who makes or mends hedges; also, one who hedges, as, in betting..
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