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quickset

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quick·set  (kwkst)
n. Chiefly British
1. Cuttings or slips of a plant suitable for hedges.
2. A hedge consisting of these plant cuttings or slips.
[quick, alive + set1.]
quickset Chiefly Brit
Adjective
(of plants or cuttings) planted so as to form a hedge
Noun
a hedge composed of such plants
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Noun1.quickset - cuttings of plants set in the ground to grow as hawthorn for hedges or vines; "a quickset of a vine planted in a vineyard"
cutting, slip - a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting
Adj.1.quickset - grown from cuttings planted directly in the ground; "a quickset hawthorn hedge"
planted - set in the soil for growth


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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.
Black Beauty by Sewell, Anna View in context
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.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A Pure Woman by Hardy, Thomas View in context
The little house was surrounded by a low, quickset hedge, two or three feet high.
The Three Musketeers by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
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