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Close :: Close (v. t.) An inclosed place; especially, a small field or piece of land surrounded by a wall, hedge, or fence of any kind; -- specifically, the precinct of a cathedral or abbey..

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..

Lobby :: Lobby (n.) A confined place for cattle, formed by hedges. trees, or other fencing, near the farmyard..

Wood-bound :: Wood-bound (a.) Incumbered with tall, woody hedgerows..

Thickset :: Thickset (n.) A close or thick hedge.

Switch :: Switch (v. t.) To trim, as, a hedge..

Erinaceous :: Erinaceous (a.) Of the Hedgehog family; like, or characteristic of, a hedgehog..

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..

Privet :: Privet (n.) An ornamental European shrub (Ligustrum vulgare), much used in hedges; -- called also prim..

Sepiment :: Sepiment (n.) Something that separates; a hedge; a fence.

Quill :: Quill (n.) A spine of the hedgehog or porcupine.

Hedger :: Hedger (n.) One who makes or mends hedges; also, one who hedges, as, in betting..

Hawthorn :: Hawthorn (n.) A thorny shrub or tree (the Crataegus oxyacantha), having deeply lobed, shining leaves, small, roselike, fragrant flowers, and a fruit called haw. It is much used in Europe for hedges, and for standards in gardens. The American hawthorn is Crataegus cordata, which has the leaves but little lobed..

Hedgepig :: Hedgepig (n.) A young hedgehog.

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..

Hurdle :: Hurdle (v. t.) To hedge, cover, make, or inclose with hurdles..

Hedge :: Hedge (v. t.) To obstruct, as a road, with a barrier; to hinder from progress or success; -- sometimes with up and out..

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..

Hedge :: Hedge (v. t.) To surround for defense; to guard; to protect; to hem (in).

Hedgeless :: Hedgeless (a.) Having no hedge.

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