QUICKSET

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


Adjective

quickset (not comparable)

(of a hedge etc) Grown from cuttings planted directly into the ground

Noun

quickset (plural quicksets)

The cuttings used, or the hedge produced by this method

Anagrams

• quickest

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



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