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quickset(dictionary)

quickset (iou)



quickset noun, adjective, & verb. L15.
[from QUICK adjective + SET noun1, adjective.]
A. noun.
collect. Live slips or cuttings of plants, esp. hawthorn, set in the ground to grow into a hedge. L15.
Such a slip or cutting; a hedge formed of such slips or cuttings. E16.
b. adjective.
Of a hedge etc.: formed of living plants. M16.
fig. Rough, bushy. L16.
C. verb trans. Infl. -tt-. Provide or plant with quickset. E16-M18.