Quickset

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Quickset \Quick"set`\, n.
     A living plant set to grow, esp. when set for a hedge;
     specifically, the hawthorn.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Quickset \Quick"set`\, a.
     Made of quickset.
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           Dates and pomegranates on the quickset hedges.
                                                    --Walpole.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Quickset \Quick"set`\, v. t.
     To plant with living shrubs or trees for a hedge; as, to
     quickset a ditch. --Mortimer.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  quickset
       adj : grown from cuttings planted directly in the ground; "a
             quickset hawthorn hedge" [syn: {quickset(a)}]
       n : cuttings of plants set in the ground to grow as hawthorn for
           hedges or vines; "a quickset of a vine planted in a
           vineyard"