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quickset
[kwik-set]
noun
a plant or cutting, especially of hawthorn, set to grow, as in a hedge.
such plants collectively.
a hedge of such plants.
adjective
formed of quickset, or of growing plants.
quickset
/ ˈɪˌɛ /
noun
a plant or cutting, esp of hawthorn, set so as to form a hedge
such plants or cuttings collectively
a hedge composed of such plants
adjective
composed of such plants
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of quickset1
Example Sentences
Soon they reached the road and Hazel halted among the quickset on top of the nearer bank.
Halting his carriage for a moment, Stapylton jumped out and drew nigh the little quickset hedge which flanked the road.
On commons and reclaimed land they took the place of the quickset hedges seen around richer farm lands.
But for the sake of their own interest, they had agreed to fence themselves about with a quickset of make-belief, for the concealment of their shame and the protection of their phantom-honour.
From head to heel, his body had all over A quickset, thickset, nat’ral, hairy cover.”
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