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Definition of 'Hedge bill'

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  • Hedge \Hedge\, n. [OE. hegge, AS. hecg; akin to haga an inclosure, E. haw, AS. hege hedge, E. haybote, D. hegge, OHG. hegga, G. hecke. [root]12. See Haw a hedge.] 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. [1913 Webster]
  • The roughest berry on the rudest hedge. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Through the verdant maze Of sweetbrier hedges I pursue my walk. --Thomson. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: Hedge, when used adjectively or in composition, often means rustic, outlandish, illiterate, poor, or mean; as, hedge priest; hedgeborn, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • Hedge bells, Hedge bindweed (Bot.), a climbing plant related to the morning-glory (Convolvulus sepium).
  • Hedge bill, a long-handled billhook.
  • Hedge garlic (Bot.), a plant of the genus Alliaria. See Garlic mustard, under Garlic.
  • Hedge hyssop (Bot.), a bitter herb of the genus Gratiola, the leaves of which are emetic and purgative.
  • Hedge marriage, a secret or clandestine marriage, especially one performed by a hedge priest. [Eng.]
  • Hedge mustard (Bot.), a plant of the genus Sisymbrium, belonging to the Mustard family.
  • Hedge nettle (Bot.), an herb, or under shrub, of the genus Stachys, belonging to the Mint family. It has a nettlelike appearance, though quite harmless.
  • Hedge note. (a) The note of a hedge bird. (b) Low, contemptible writing. [Obs.] --Dryden.
  • Hedge priest, a poor, illiterate priest. --Shak.
  • Hedge school, an open-air school in the shelter of a hedge, in Ireland; a school for rustics.
  • Hedge sparrow (Zool.), a European warbler ({Accentor modularis}) which frequents hedges. Its color is reddish brown, and ash; the wing coverts are tipped with white. Called also chanter, hedge warbler, dunnock, and doney.
  • Hedge writer, an insignificant writer, or a writer of low, scurrilous stuff. [Obs.] --Swift.
  • To breast up a hedge. See under Breast.
  • To hang in the hedge, to be at a standstill. "While the business of money hangs in the hedge." --Pepys. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'hedge bill'

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  • Billhook \Bill"hook`\, n. [Bill + hook.] A thick, heavy knife with a hooked point, used in pruning hedges, etc. When it has a short handle, it is sometimes called a hand bill; when the handle is long, a hedge bill or scimiter. [1913 Webster]

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