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To hang in the hedge
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Hedge \Hedge\, n. [OE. hegge, AS. hecg; akin to haga an
inclosure, E. haw, AS. hege hedge, E. haybote, D. hegge, OHG.
hegga, G. hecke. [root]12. See Haw a hedge.]
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.
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The roughest berry on the rudest hedge. --Shak.
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Through the verdant maze
Of sweetbrier hedges I pursue my walk. --Thomson.
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Note: Hedge, when used adjectively or in composition, often
means rustic, outlandish, illiterate, poor, or mean;
as, hedge priest; hedgeborn, etc.
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Hedge bells, Hedge bindweed (Bot.), a climbing plant
related to the morning-glory (Convolvulus sepium).

Hedge bill, a long-handled billhook.

Hedge garlic (Bot.), a plant of the genus Alliaria. See
Garlic mustard, under Garlic.

Hedge hyssop (Bot.), a bitter herb of the genus Gratiola,
the leaves of which are emetic and purgative.

Hedge marriage, a secret or clandestine marriage,
especially one performed by a hedge priest. [Eng.]

Hedge mustard (Bot.), a plant of the genus Sisymbrium,
belonging to the Mustard family.

Hedge nettle (Bot.), an herb, or under shrub, of the genus
Stachys, belonging to the Mint family. It has a
nettlelike appearance, though quite harmless.

Hedge note.
(a) The note of a hedge bird.
(b) Low, contemptible writing. [Obs.] --Dryden.

Hedge priest, a poor, illiterate priest. --Shak.

Hedge school, an open-air school in the shelter of a hedge,
in Ireland; a school for rustics.

Hedge sparrow (Zool.), a European warbler ({Accentor
modularis}) which frequents hedges. Its color is reddish
brown, and ash; the wing coverts are tipped with white.
Called also chanter, hedge warbler, dunnock, and
doney.

Hedge writer, an insignificant writer, or a writer of low,
scurrilous stuff. [Obs.] --Swift.

To breast up a hedge. See under Breast.

To hang in the hedge, to be at a standstill. "While the
business of money hangs in the hedge." --Pepys.
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