Definition of hedge

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Hedge (v. i.) To use reservations and qualifications in one's speech so as to avoid committing one's self to anything definite.

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Flower-fence :: Flower-fence (n.) A tropical leguminous bush (Poinciana, / Caesalpinia, pulcherrima) with prickly branches, and showy yellow or red flowers; -- so named from its having been sometimes used for hedges in the West Indies..
Hurdle :: Hurdle (v. t.) To hedge, cover, make, or inclose with hurdles..
Segge :: Segge (n.) The hedge sparrow.
Lop :: Lop (v. t.) To cut partly off and bend down; as, to lop bushes in a hedge..
Quickset :: Quickset (v. t.) To plant with living shrubs or trees for a hedge; as, to quickset a ditch..
Hedge :: Hedge (v. t.) To surround so as to prevent escape.
Hedge :: Hedge (v. i.) To shelter one's self from danger, risk, duty, responsibility, etc., as if by hiding in or behind a hedge; to skulk; to slink; to shirk obligations..
Tinet :: Tinet (n.) Brushwood and thorns for making and repairing hedges.
Picke :: Picke (n.) A small piece of land inclosed with a hedge; a close.
Hedge :: Hedge (v. t.) To inclose or separate with a hedge; to fence with a thickly set line or thicket of shrubs or small trees; as, to hedge a field or garden..
Plashing :: Plashing (n.) The cutting or bending and intertwining the branches of small trees, as in hedges..
Bulau :: Bulau (n.) An East Indian insectivorous mammal (Gymnura Rafflesii), somewhat like a rat in appearance, but allied to the hedgehog..
Hedgebote :: Hedgebote (n.) Same as Haybote.
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..
Thickset :: Thickset (a.) Close planted; as, a thickset wood; a thickset hedge..
Hedge :: Hedge (v. i.) To reduce the risk of a wager by making a bet against the side or chance one has bet on.
Urchon :: Urchon (n.) The urchin, or hedgehog..
Lobby :: Lobby (n.) A confined place for cattle, formed by hedges. trees, or other fencing, near the farmyard..
Isabella Moth :: Isabella moth () A common American moth (Pyrrharctia isabella), of an isabella color. The larva, called woolly bear and hedgehog caterpillar, is densely covered with hairs, which are black at each end of the body, and red in the middle part..
Billhook :: Billhook (n.) A thick, heavy knife with a hooked point, used in pruning hedges, etc. When it has a short handle, it is sometimes called a hand bill; when the handle is long, a hedge bill or scimiter..
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