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quick⋅set

[kwik-set]
–noun Chiefly British.
1. a plant or cutting, esp. of hawthorn, set to grow, as in a hedge.
2. such plants collectively.
3. a hedge of such plants.
–adjective
4. formed of quickset, or of growing plants.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME; see quick, set
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quick·set   (kwĭk'sět')   
n.   Chiefly British
  1. Cuttings or slips of a plant suitable for hedges.

  2. A hedge consisting of these plant cuttings or slips.


[quick, alive + set1.]
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