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assart |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Assart \As*sart"\, v. t. To grub up as trees; to commit an assart upon as to assart land or trees. --Ashmole. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Assart \As*sart"\ ([a^]s*s[aum]rt"), n. [OF. essart the grubbing up of trees, fr essarter to grub up or clear ground of bushes, shrubs, trees, etc., fr LL exartum exartare for exsaritare L. ex + sarire, sarrire saritum to hoe, weed.] 1. (Old Law) The act or offense of grubbing up trees and bushes, and thus destroying the thickets or coverts of a forest. --Spelman. --Cowell. 2. A piece of land cleared of trees and bushes, and fitted for cultivation; a clearing. --Ash. {Assart land}, forest land cleared of woods and brush.
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