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<hw>Hed"dling</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>vb. n.</tt> <def>The act of drawing the warp threads through the heddle-eyes of a weaver's harness; the harness itself.</def>

<i>Knight.</i>

<h1>Hederaceous</h1> <Xpage=681>

<hw>Hed`er*a"ceous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>hederaceus</ets>, fr. <ets>hedera</ets> ivy.]</ety> <def>Of, pertaining to, or resembling, ivy.</def>

<h1>Hederal</h1> <Xpage=681>

<hw>Hed"er*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to ivy.</def>

<h1>Hederic</h1> <Xpage=681>

<hw>He*der"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to, or derived from, the ivy (<spn>Hedera</spn>); <as>as, <ex>hederic</ex> acid, an acid of the acetylene series</as>.</def>

<h1>Hederiferous</h1> <Xpage=681>

<hw>Hed`er*if"er*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>hedera</ets> ivy + <ets>-ferous</ets>.]</ety> <def>Producing ivy; ivy-bearing.</def>

<h1>Hederose</h1> <Xpage=681>

<hw>Hed"er*ose`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>hederosus</ets>, fr. <ets>hedera</ets> ivy.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to, or of, ivy; full of ivy.</def>

<h1>Hedge</h1> <Xpage=681>

<hw>Hedge</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>hegge</ets>, AS. <ets>hecg</ets>; akin to <ets>haga</ets> an inclosure, E. <ets>haw</ets>, AS. <ets>hege</ets> hedge, E. <ets>hay</ets>bote, D. <ets>hegge</ets>, OHG. <ets>hegga</ets>, G. <ets>hecke</ets>. &root;12. See <er>Haw</er> a hedge.]</ety> <def>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.</def>

<blockquote>The roughest berry on the rudest <b>hedge</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Through the verdant maze Of sweetbrier <b>hedges</b> I pursue my walk. <i>Thomson.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; <i>Hedge</i>, when used adjectively or in composition, often means <i>rustic</i>, <i>outlandish</i>, <i>illiterate</i>, <i>poor</i>, or <i>mean</i>; as, <i>hedge</i> priest; <i>hedge</i>born, etc.</note>

<cs><mcol><col>Hedge bells</col>, <col>Hedge bindweed</col></mcol> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a climbing plant related to the morning-glory (<spn>Convolvulus sepium</spn>).</cd> -- <col>Hedge bill</col>, <cd>a long-handled billhook.</cd> -- <col>Hedge garlic</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a plant of the genus <spn>Alliaria</spn>. See <cref>Garlic mustard</cref>, under <er>Garlic</er>.</cd> -- <col>Hedge hyssop</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a bitter herb of the genus <spn>Gratiola</spn>, the leaves of which are emetic and purgative.</cd> -- <col>Hedge marriage</col>, <cd>a secret or clandestine marriage, especially one performed by a hedge priest.</cd> <mark>[Eng.]</mark> -- <col>Hedge mustard</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a plant of the genus <spn>Sisymbrium</spn>, belonging to the Mustard family.</cd> -- <col>Hedge nettle</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>an herb, or under shrub, of the genus <spn>Stachys</spn>, belonging to the Mint family. It has a nettlelike appearance, though quite harmless.</cd> -- <col>Hedge note</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>The note of a hedge bird.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>Low, contemptible writing. <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <i>Dryden</i>.</cd> -- <col>Hedge priest</col>, <cd>a poor, illiterate priest. <i>Shak</i>.</cd> -- <col>Hedge school</col>, <cd>an open-air school in the shelter of a hedge, in Ireland; a school for rustics.</cd> -- <col>Hedge sparrow</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a European warbler (<spn>Accentor modularis</spn>) which frequents hedges. Its color is reddish brown, and ash; the wing coverts are tipped with white. Called also <altname>chanter</altname>, <altname>hedge warbler</altname>, <altname>dunnock</altname>, and <altname>doney</altname>.</cd> -- <col>Hedge writer</col>, <cd>an insignificant writer, or a writer of low, scurrilous stuff. <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <i>Swift</i>.</cd> -- <col>To breast up a hedge</col>. <cd>See under <er>Breast</er>.</cd> -- <col>To hang in the hedge</col>, <cd>to be at a standstill.</cd> "While the business of money <i>hangs in the hedge</i>."

<i>Pepys.</i>

<h1>Hedge</h1> <Xpage=681>

<hw>Hedge</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Hedged</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Hedging</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To inclose or separate with a hedge; to fence with a thickly set line or thicket of shrubs or small trees; <as>as, to <ex>hedge</ex> a field or garden</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To obstruct, as a road, with a barrier; to hinder from progress or success; -- sometimes with <i>up</i> and <i>out</i>.</def>

<blockquote>I will <b>hedge</b> up thy way with thorns. <i>Hos. ii. 6.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Lollius Urbius . . . drew another wall . . . to <b>hedge</b> out incursions from the north. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To surround for defense; to guard; to protect; to hem (in).</def> "England, <i>hedged</i> in with the main."

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To surround so as to prevent escape.</def>

<blockquote>That is a law to <b>hedge</b> in the cuckoo. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>