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Hedge
King James Dictionary
or HEDGE, n. hej. Eng. haw Properly, a thicket of thorn-bushes or other shrubs or small trees but appropriately, such a thicket planted round a field to fence it, or in rows, to separate the parts of a garden.
Hedge, prefixed to another word, or in composition, denotes something mean, as a hedge-priest, a hedge-press, a hedge-vicar, that is, born in or belonging to the hedges or woods, low, outlandish. Not used in American.
HEDGE, hej. To inclose with a hedge to fence with a thicket of shrubs or small trees to separate by a hedge as, to hedge a field or garden.
1. To obstruct with a hedge, or to obstruct in any manner.
I will hedge up thy way with thorns. Hosea 2
2. To surround for defense to fortify.
England hedged in with the main.
3. To inclose for preventing escape.
That is a law to hedge in the cuckow.
Dryden, Swift and Shakespeare have written hedge, for edge, to edge in, but improperly.
HEDGE, hej. To hide, as in a hedge to hide to skulk.
Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Entry for 'Hedge'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/h/hedge.html.
