ryzen-hedge | A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

Hedge
·vt To surround so as to prevent escape. II. Hedge ·vi To reduce the risk of a wager by making a be...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
hedge
To make a hedge; to secure a bet, or wager, laid on one side, by taking the odds on the other, so th...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
Hedge
The Hebrew words thus rendered denote simply that which surrounds or encloses, whether it be a stone...

William Smith's Bible Dictionary
hedge alehouse
A small obscure alehouse. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
hedge creeper
A robber of hedges. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
hedge priest
An illiterate unbeneficed curate, a patrico. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
hedge whore
An itinerant harlot, who bilks the bagnios and bawdy-houses, by disposing of her favours on the ways...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
hedge-laurel
n. a name given to the tree Mapau (q.v.), an evergreen shrub of New Zealand, of thegenus Pittosporu...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
winter-hedge
a wooden frame (called also a CLOTHES-HORSE) for dry ing linen by the fire. York. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose