Definition of hedge

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Hedge (v. i.) To reduce the risk of a wager by making a bet against the side or chance one has bet on.

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Plashing :: Plashing (n.) The cutting or bending and intertwining the branches of small trees, as in hedges..
Lobby :: Lobby (n.) A confined place for cattle, formed by hedges. trees, or other fencing, near the farmyard..
Hedgerow :: Hedgerow (n.) A row of shrubs, or trees, planted for inclosure or separation of fields..
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..
Hay :: Hay (n.) A hedge.
Quickset :: Quickset (v. t.) To plant with living shrubs or trees for a hedge; as, to quickset a ditch..
Hedgehog :: Hedgehog (n.) The Canadian porcupine.
Polling :: Polling (n.) The act of topping, lopping, or cropping, as trees or hedges..
Switch :: Switch (v. t.) To trim, as, a hedge..
Erinaceous :: Erinaceous (a.) Of the Hedgehog family; like, or characteristic of, a hedgehog..
Hedgebote :: Hedgebote (n.) Same as Haybote.
Hurdle :: Hurdle (v. t.) To hedge, cover, make, or inclose with hurdles..
Tinet :: Tinet (n.) Brushwood and thorns for making and repairing hedges.
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..
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..
Hedgeless :: Hedgeless (a.) Having no hedge.
Hedge :: Hedge (v. t.) To obstruct, as a road, with a barrier; to hinder from progress or success; -- sometimes with up and out..
Privet :: Privet (n.) An ornamental European shrub (Ligustrum vulgare), much used in hedges; -- called also prim..
Wood-layer :: Wood-layer (n.) A young oak, or other timber plant, laid down in a hedge among the whitethorn or other plants used in hedges..
Echinated :: Echinated (a.) Set with prickles; prickly, like a hedgehog; bristled; as, an echinated pericarp..
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