Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
cuttings of plants set in the ground to grow as hawthorn for hedges or vines;
- Example: "a quickset of a vine planted in a vineyard"ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
grown from cuttings planted directly in the ground;
- Example: "a quickset hawthorn hedge"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Quickset \Quick"set`\, a.
Made of quickset.
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Dates and pomegranates on the quickset hedges.
--Walpole.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Quickset \Quick"set`\, v. t.
To plant with living shrubs or trees for a hedge; as, to
quickset a ditch. --Mortimer.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Quickset \Quick"set`\, n.
A living plant set to grow, esp. when set for a hedge;
specifically, the hawthorn.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
quickset
adj 1: grown from cuttings planted directly in the ground; "a
quickset hawthorn hedge"
n 1: cuttings of plants set in the ground to grow as hawthorn
for hedges or vines; "a quickset of a vine planted in a
vineyard"