2. Verb. (third-person singular of hedge) ¹
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Definition of Hedges
1. hedge [v] - See also: hedge
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hedges
Literary usage of Hedges
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1915)
"Adapted for hedges or low windbreaks to a height of 20 feet. ... Useful for hedges
up to 3 or 4 feet at its northern limits and double that height in the ..."
2. Works Issued by the Hakluyt Society by Hakluyt Society (1888)
"hedges, ROBERT. Nephew of Sir W. hedges, being son of his only brother, Robert
hedges of Burras, in Queen's County. Nominated factor, 5th October 1681 : "On ..."
3. The English Historical Review by Mandell Creighton, Justin Winsor, Samuel Rawson Gardiner, Reginald Lane Poole, John Goronwy Edwards (1897)
"During this visit; as Mr. Kropf points out, hedges was appointed by the Levant
Company ... 166^ (OS), ' At this instant Mr hedges is arrived ..." AE STAMP. ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"In cutting, the hedge (as indeed all hedges) should be kept broadest at the ...
I the hedges, and on this mound is erected a pagoda, which is approached by ..."
5. The Justice of the Peace, and Parish Officer by Richard Burn (1820)
"U. Order for occupiers of land to make hedges, and cut down trees. Vide p. 692.
At a special sessions held at - in the hundred of - in the county of - on ..."
6. A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening, Adapted to by Andrew Jackson Downing (1852)
"We have ourselves been making experiments for the last ten years with various
hedge-plants, and have succeeded in obtaining some hedges which are now highly ..."
7. The New Family Receipt-book: Containing Eight Hundred Truly Valuable (1819)
"To train Evergreen and other hedges. In trimming these, or indeed any hedge
intended as a close fence, they should be dressed up to a thin edge at top, ..."
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