A thicket of bushes, usually thorn bushes; especially, such a thicket planted as a fence between any two portions of land; and also any sort of shrubbery, as evergreens, planted in a line or as a fence; particularly, such a thicket planted round a field to fence it, or in rows to separate the parts of a garden.
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To empty.
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To inclose. See Inclose.
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The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification, with a purpose to mislead.
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The act of eluding or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation; artful means of eluding.
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That which fends off attack or danger; a defense; a protection; a cover; security; shield.
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/); p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fence
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To surround; to shut in; to confine on all sides; to include; to shut up; to encompass; as, to inclose a fort or an army with troops; to inclose a to…
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To reduce to the smallest part or proportion possible; to reduce to a minimum.
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The act of protecting, or the state of being protected; preservation from loss, injury, or annoyance; defense; shelter; as, the weak need protection.
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The condition or quality of being secure; secureness.
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A title of honor in Turkey and in some other parts of the East; a bey.
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A shift or turn from the point in question; a trifling or evasive distinction; an evasion; a cavil.
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The act of prevailing over another by arts, address, or fraud; deception; fraud; imposture; delusion.
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The act of prevailing over another by arts, address, or fraud; deception; fraud; imposture; delusion.
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To avoid slyly, by artifice, stratagem, or dexterity; to escape from in a covert manner; to mock by an unexpected escape; to baffle; as, to elude an…
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To avoid slyly, by artifice, stratagem, or dexterity; to escape from in a covert manner; to mock by an unexpected escape; to baffle; as, to elude an…
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One who makes or mends hedges; also, one who hedges, as, in betting.
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One who makes or mends hedges; also, one who hedges, as, in betting.
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To gain advantage over by arts, stratagem, or deception; to decieve; to delude; to get around.
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To start suddenly aside, as to avoid a blow or a missile; to shift place by a sudden start.
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A pet; a darling.
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To avoid slyly, by artifice, stratagem, or dexterity; to escape from in a covert manner; to mock by an unexpected escape; to baffle; as, to elude an…
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To get away from by artifice; to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to elude; to escape from cleverly; as, to evade a blow, a pur…
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A made-up story; stuff; nonsense; humbug; -- often an exclamation of contempt.
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A row of shrubs, or trees, planted for inclosure or separation of fields.
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of Hedge
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To ward off; to stop, or to turn aside; as, to parry a thrust, a blow, or anything that means or threatens harm.
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The lower and loose part of a coat, dress, or other like garment; the part below the waist; as, the skirt of a coat, a dress, or a mantle.
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