Definition of hedge

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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..

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Echinus :: Echinus (n.) A hedgehog.
Haw :: Haw (n.) A hedge; an inclosed garden or yard.
Raddle :: Raddle (n.) A long, flexible stick, rod, or branch, which is interwoven with others, between upright posts or stakes, in making a kind of hedge or fence..
Sauce-alone :: Sauce-alone (n.) Jack-by-the-hedge. See under Jack.
Hedgebote :: Hedgebote (n.) Same as Haybote.
Urchin :: Urchin (n.) A hedgehog.
Thickset :: Thickset (a.) Close planted; as, a thickset wood; a thickset hedge..
Philip :: Philip (n.) The European hedge sparrow.
Plash :: Plash (v. t.) To cut partly, or to bend and intertwine the branches of; as, to plash a hedge..
Hedged :: Hedged (imp. & p. p.) of Hedg.
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..
Enhedge :: Enhedge (v. t.) To surround as with a hedge.
Hedging Bill :: Hedging bill () A hedge bill. See under Hedge.
Segge :: Segge (n.) The hedge sparrow.
Diodon :: Diodon (n.) A genus of spinose, plectognath fishes, having the teeth of each jaw united into a single beaklike plate. They are able to inflate the body by taking in air or water, and, hence, are called globefishes, swellfishes, etc. Called also porcupine fishes, and sea hedgehogs..
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..
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..
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..
Switch :: Switch (v. t.) To trim, as, a hedge..
Wood-bound :: Wood-bound (a.) Incumbered with tall, woody hedgerows..
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