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quickset
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun quickset has 1 sense
- quickset(n = noun.plant) Array - cuttings of plants set in the ground to grow as hawthorn for hedges or vines; "a quickset of a vine planted in a vineyard" is a kind of cutting, slip
Adjective quickset has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
quickset, n.
A living plant set to grow, esp. when set for a hedge; specifically, the hawthorn. [1913 Webster]
quickset, a.
Made of quickset. [1913 Webster]
"Dates and pomegranates on the quickset hedges."
[1913 Webster]
quickset, v. t.
To plant with living shrubs or trees for a hedge; as, to quickset a ditch. Mortimer. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
quickset, adj. & n.
--adj. (of a hedge) formed of slips of plants, esp. hawthorn set in the ground to grow.
--n.
1 such slips.
2 a hedge formed in this way.
--adj. (of a hedge) formed of slips of plants, esp. hawthorn set in the ground to grow.
--n.
1 such slips.
2 a hedge formed in this way.
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