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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Bill :: Bill (n.) A cutting instrument, with hook-shaped point, and fitted with a handle; -- used in pruning, etc.; a billhook. When short, called a hand bill, when long, a hedge bill..
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..
Hedge :: Hedge (v. t.) To surround so as to prevent escape.
Hegge :: Hegge (n.) A hedge.
Tramp :: Tramp (n.) A tool for trimming hedges.
Philip :: Philip (n.) The European hedge sparrow.
Hedgehog :: Hedgehog (n.) A species of Medicago (M. intertexta), the pods of which are armed with short spines; -- popularly so called..
Lop :: Lop (v. t.) To cut partly off and bend down; as, to lop bushes in a hedge..
Tinet :: Tinet (n.) Brushwood and thorns for making and repairing hedges.
Hedge :: Hedge (v. t.) To surround for defense; to guard; to protect; to hem (in).
Stake :: Stake (v. t.) A piece of wood, usually long and slender, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a support or stay; as, a stake to support vines, fences, hedges, etc..
Tendrac :: Tendrac (n.) Any one of several species of small insectivores of the family Centetidae, belonging to Ericulus, Echinope, and related genera, native of Madagascar. They are more or less spinose and resemble the hedgehog in habits. The rice tendrac (Oryzorictes hora) is very injurious to rice crops. Some of the species are called also tenrec..
Rhamnus :: Rhamnus (n.) A genus of shrubs and small trees; buckthorn. The California Rhamnus Purshianus and the European R. catharticus are used in medicine. The latter is used for hedges.
Impalement :: Impalement (n.) That which hedges in; inclosure.
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..
Plash :: Plash (v. t.) To cut partly, or to bend and intertwine the branches of; as, to plash a hedge..
Plashing :: Plashing (n.) The cutting or bending and intertwining the branches of small trees, as in hedges..
Wood-bound :: Wood-bound (a.) Incumbered with tall, woody hedgerows..
Urith :: Urith (n.) The bindings of a hedge.
Teen :: Teen (v. t.) To hedge or fence in; to inclose.
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