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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hedge \Hedge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hedged}; p. pr & vb n. {Hedging}.] 1. To inclose or separate with a hedge; to fence with a thickly set line or thicket of shrubs or small trees; as to hedge a field or garden. 2. To obstruct, as a road, with a barrier; to hinder from progress or success; -- sometimes with up and out I will hedge up thy way with thorns. --Hos. ii 6. Lollius Urbius . . . drew another wall . . . to hedge out incursions from the north. --Milton. 3. To surround for defense; to guard; to protect; to hem (in). ``England, hedged in with the main.'' --Shak. 4. To surround so as to prevent escape. That is a law to hedge in the cuckoo. --Locke. {To hedge a bet}, to bet upon both sides; that is after having bet on one side to bet also on the other thus guarding against loss From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: hedged adj : evasively worded in order to avoid an unqualified statement [syn: {weasel-worded}]
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