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quickset
adj 1noun 1verb 1
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3ADJ.
solid
QUICKSET + NOUN
cement, tenant-farmers
PREP.
down, with
Definitions
adj
1
Grown from cuttings planted directly into the ground
What little worlds of affection and comfort are bounded by the neat quickset-hedge, quiet and still as the nest of some singing-bird!
noun
1
The cuttings used, or the hedge produced by this method.
There were few trees, or none, those that would have grown in the hedges being mercilessly plashed down with the quickset by the tenant-farmers, the natural enemies of tree, bush, and brake
verb
1
To enclose (something) with quickset hedge.
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What little worlds of affection and comfort are bounded by the neat quickset-hedge, quiet and still as the nest of some singing-bird!
Wiktionary02
There were few trees, or none, those that would have grown in the hedges being mercilessly plashed down with the quickset by the tenant-farmers, the natural enemies of tree, bush, and brake
Wiktionary03
Quickset cement becomes solid quickly, but doesn’t cure as fast.
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