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quickset [ˈkwɪkˌsɛt] Chiefly Brit n 1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) a. a plant or cutting, esp of hawthorn, set so as to form a hedge b. such plants or cuttings collectively 2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) a hedge composed of such plants adj
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) composed of such plants [from quick in the archaic sense live, growing + set to plant, set in the ground] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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When we were nearly at the spot the pony put down his head and threw up his heels, and sent the boy neatly over into a broad quickset hedge, and with the rein dangling from his head he set off home at a full gallop. There were few trees, or none, those that would have grown in the hedges being mercilessly plashed down with the quickset by the tenant-farmers, the natural enemies of tree, bush, and brake. The little house was surrounded by a low, quickset hedge, two or three feet high. |
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