quickset
(adjective) grown from cuttings planted directly in the ground; “a quickset hawthorn hedge”
quickset
(noun) cuttings of plants set in the ground to grow as hawthorn for hedges or vines; “a quickset of a vine planted in a vineyard”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
quickset (not comparable)
(of a hedge etc) Grown from cuttings planted directly into the ground
quickset (plural quicksets)
The cuttings used, or the hedge produced by this method
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Source: Wiktionary
Quick"set`, n.
Definition: A living plant set to grow, esp. when set for a hedge; specifically, the hawthorn.
Quick"set`, a.
Definition: Made of quickset. Dates and pomegranates on the quickset hedges. Walpole.
Quick"set`, v. t.
Definition: To plant with living shrubs or trees for a hedge; as, to quickset a ditch. Mortimer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 May 2025
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
