Sekirov Dictionary

quickset

adjective 1
noun 1
verb 1
forms 3

adjective1

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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! — 1837

noun1

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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 — 1891

verb1

(no longer used) To enclose (something) with quickset hedge.

forms

quickseted · quickseting · quicksets

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