HEDGE, n. hej. [Eng. haw] Properly, a thicket of thorn-bushes or other shrubs or small trees; but appropriately, such a thicket planted round a field to fence it, or in rows, to separate the parts of a garden. Hedge, prefixed to another word, or in composition, denotes something mean, as a hedge-priest, a hedge-press, a hedge-vicar, that is, born in or belonging to the hedges or woods, low, outlandish. [Not used in American.] HEDGE, v.t. hej. To inclose with a hedge; to fence with a thicket of shrubs or small trees; to separate by a hedge; as, to hedge a field or garden. 1. To obstruct with a hedge, or to obstruct in any manner. I will hedge up thy way with thorns. Hos.2.2. To surround for defense; to fortify. England hedged in with the main.3. To inclose for preventing escape. That is a law to hedge in the cuckow.Dryden, Swift and Shakespeare have written hedge, for edge, to edge in, but improperly. HEDGE, v.i. hej. To hide, as in a hedge; to hide; to skulk. |
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