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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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]

Doni \Do"ni\, n. [Tamil t?n[imac].] (Naut.) A clumsy craft, having one mast with a long sail, used for trading purposes on the coasts of Coromandel and Ceylon. [Written also dhony, doney, and done.] --Balfour. [1913 Webster]