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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Tramp :: Tramp (n.) A tool for trimming hedges.
Impalement :: Impalement (n.) That which hedges in; inclosure.
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..
Plash :: Plash (v. t.) To cut partly, or to bend and intertwine the branches of; as, to plash a hedge..
Echinus :: Echinus (n.) A hedgehog.
Echinated :: Echinated (a.) Set with prickles; prickly, like a hedgehog; bristled; as, an echinated pericarp..
Urchon :: Urchon (n.) The urchin, or hedgehog..
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..
Edder :: Edder (n.) Flexible wood worked into the top of hedge stakes, to bind them together..
Raddle :: Raddle (n.) A hedge or fence made with raddles; -- called also raddle hedge.
Hurdle :: Hurdle (v. t.) To hedge, cover, make, or inclose with hurdles..
Sepiment :: Sepiment (n.) Something that separates; a hedge; a fence.
Quill :: Quill (n.) A spine of the hedgehog or porcupine.
Hedging Bill :: Hedging bill () A hedge bill. See under 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.
Topiarian :: Topiarian (a.) Of or pertaining to the ornamental cutting and trimming of trees, hedges, etc.; practicing ornamental gardening..
Thickset :: Thickset (a.) Close planted; as, a thickset wood; a thickset hedge..
Bulau :: Bulau (n.) An East Indian insectivorous mammal (Gymnura Rafflesii), somewhat like a rat in appearance, but allied to the hedgehog..
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..
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..
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