HEDGE
NOUNS
► CRACKMANS a hedge → 1610 thieves’ cant
► CRAGMANS a hedge → 17C cant
► DIKE a hedge, a fence → 1808 Eng. dial.
► EDDER a hedge → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GARTH a fence or hedge → a1340 obs.
► HAG ► HAGG a hedge or fence → 1879 Eng. dial.
► HAW a hedge or encompassing fence; hence, a piece of ground enclosed or fenced in → c825 obs.
► HAY a hedge, a fence → c725 arch. or Eng. dial.
► LIVE FENCE a hedge → 1804 Amer. dial.
► LIVING FENCE a hedge → 1860 Amer. dial.
► MUSET a gap in a hedge or fence through which hares, rabbits, or other animals may pass → 1594
VERBS
► HAY to enclose or fence in by a hedge → a1050 obs.
► SLENCH to prune a hedge; to cut one side of it only → 19C Eng. dial.
► TINE to enclose with a hedge or fence; to fence, to hedge in → 688-95 obs.
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