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Meaning of QUICKSET

Pronunciation:  'kwikset

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [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"
 
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 See Also: cutting, slip

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Quick"set`\, n.
A living plant set to grow, esp. when set for a hedge;
specifically, the hawthorn.

  2. \Quick"set`\, a.
Made of quickset.
      Dates and pomegranates on the quickset hedges.
                                               --Walpole.

  3. \Quick"set`\, v. t.
To plant with living shrubs or trees for a hedge; as, to
quickset a ditch. --Mortimer.
 
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