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To cut partly, or to bend and intertwine the branches of; as, to plash a hedge. Evelyn.

The cutting or bending and intertwining the branches of small trees, as in hedges.

A hedge or fence formed of branches of trees interlaced, or plashed. [Obs.] Carew.

The act of topping, lopping, or cropping, as trees or hedges.

An ornamental European shrub (Ligustrum vulgare), much used in hedges; -- called also prim. Egyptian privet. See Lawsonia. -- Evergreen privet, a plant of the genus Rhamnus. See Alatern. -- Mock privet, any one of several evergreen shrubs of the genus Phillyrea. They are from the Mediterranean region, and have been m…

living animal or plant; especially, the hawthorn, or other plants used in making a living hedge. The works . . . are curiously hedged with quick. Evelyn.

The mistress which I serve quickens what's dead. Shak. Like a fruitful garden without an hedge, that quickens the appetite to enjoy so tempting a prize. South.

A living plant set to grow, esp. when set for a hedge; specifically, the hawthorn.

A spine of the hedgehog or porcupine.

ch, which is interwoven with others, between upright posts or stakes, in making a kind of hedge or fence.

s Purchianus and the European R. catharticus are used in medicine. The latter is used for hedges.

from wet with thatching. Golden clusters of beehive ricks, rising at intervals beyond the hedgerows. G. Eliot.

Jack-by-the-hedge. See under Jack.

The hedge sparrow. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Something that separates; a hedge; a fence. [R.] Bailey.

be in appearance; to seem. Just such she shows before a rising storm. Dryden. All round a hedge upshoots, and shows At distance like a little wood. Tennyson.

ll singing birds somewhat resembling the true sparrows in form or habits, as the European hedge sparrow. See under Hedge. He that doth the ravens feed, Yea, providently caters for the sparrow, Be comfort to my age! Shak. Field sparrow, Fox sparrow, etc. See under Field, Fox, etc. -- Sparrow bill, a small nail; a casti…

The hedge sparrow. [Prov. Eng.]

easily driven into the ground as a support or stay; as, a stake to support vines, fences, hedges, etc. A sharpened stake strong Dryas found. Dryden.

prescribed course obstructed by such obstacles as one meets in riding across country, as hedges, walls, etc. -- Steeple chaser, one who rides in a steeple chase; also, a horse trained to run in a steeple chase. -- Steeple engine, a vertical back-acting steam engine having the cylinder beneath the crosshead. -- Stee…