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    hedge sparrow
    [ noun ]
    small brownish European songbird
    <noun.animal>


    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.

    The roughest berry on the rudest hedge. --Shak.

    Through the verdant maze
    Of sweetbrier hedges I pursue my walk. --Thomson.

    Note: Hedge, when used adjectively or in composition, often
    means rustic, outlandish, illiterate, poor, or mean;
    as, hedge priest; hedgeborn, etc.

    {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} (Zo["o]l.), 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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