Assart

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1. Noun

The act or offense of grubbing up trees and bushes, and thus destroying the thickets or coverts of a forest.

2. Noun

A piece of land cleared of trees and bushes, and fitted for cultivation; a clearing.

3. Verb

To grub up, as trees; to commit an assart upon; as, to assart land or trees.
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