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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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..
Thickset :: Thickset (n.) A close or thick hedge.
Sepiment :: Sepiment (n.) Something that separates; a hedge; a fence.
Sauce-alone :: Sauce-alone (n.) Jack-by-the-hedge. See under Jack.
Tinet :: Tinet (n.) Brushwood and thorns for making and repairing hedges.
Clear :: Clear (v. t.) To leap or pass by, or over, without touching or failure; as, to clear a hedge; to clear a reef..
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..
Lobby :: Lobby (n.) A confined place for cattle, formed by hedges. trees, or other fencing, near the farmyard..
Hedgebote :: Hedgebote (n.) Same as Haybote.
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..
Switch :: Switch (v. t.) To trim, as, a hedge..
Segge :: Segge (n.) The hedge sparrow.
Privet :: Privet (n.) An ornamental European shrub (Ligustrum vulgare), much used in hedges; -- called also prim..
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.
Lop :: Lop (v. t.) To cut partly off and bend down; as, to lop bushes in a hedge..
Haw :: Haw (n.) A hedge; an inclosed garden or yard.
Chanter :: Chanter (n.) The hedge sparrow.
Hedger :: Hedger (n.) One who makes or mends hedges; also, one who hedges, as, in betting..
Polling :: Polling (n.) The act of topping, lopping, or cropping, as trees or hedges..
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