Doney

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

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

  Doni \Do"ni\, n. [Tamil t?n[imac].] (Naut.)
     A clumsy craft, having one mast with a long sail, used for
     trading purposes on the coasts of Coromandel and Ceylon.
     [Written also {dhony}, {doney}, and {done}.] --Balfour.
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