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Search phrase: hedge

Plays

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All's Well That Ends WellAW IV.i.1He can come no other way but by this hedge-corner.He can come no other way but by this hedge corner:
Antony and CleopatraAC I.iv.64The roughest berry on the rudest hedge.The roughest Berry, on the rudest Hedge.
HamletHam IV.v.125There's such divinity doth hedge a king,There's such Diuinity doth hedge a King,
Henry IV Part 11H4 II.ii.68Sirrah Jack, thy horse stands behind the hedge.Sirra Iacke, thy horse stands behinde the hedg,
Henry IV Part 11H4 IV.ii.46find linen enough on every hedge.finde Linnen enough on euery Hedge.
Henry VI Part 22H6 IV.ii.48and there was he born, under a hedge; for his father hadand there was he borne, vnder a hedge: for his Father had
Julius CaesarJC IV.iii.30To hedge me in. I am a soldier, I,To hedge me in. I am a Souldier, I,
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW II.ii.24necessity, am fain to shuffle, to hedge, and to lurch; andnecessity, am faine to shufflle: to hedge, and to lurch, and
Much Ado About NothingMA I.iii.25I had rather be a canker in a hedge than a roseI had rather be a canker in a hedge, then a rose
The Taming of the ShrewTS induction.1.18At the hedge corner, in the coldest fault?At the hedge corner, in the couldest fault,
Troilus and CressidaTC III.i.59Nay, this shall not hedge us out; we'll hear youNay, this shall not hedge vs out, weele heare you
Troilus and CressidaTC III.iii.158Or hedge aside from the direct forthright,Or hedge aside from the direct forth right;
The Winter's TaleWT IV.iii.5The white sheet bleaching on the hedge,The white sheete bleaching on the hedge,
The Winter's TaleWT IV.iv.820hedge, and follow you.Hedge, and follow you.

Poems

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The Passionate PilgrimPP.6.2 And scarce the herd gone to the hedge for shade, And scarse the heard gone to the hedge for shade:
Venus and AdonisVen.1094 Behind some hedge, because he would not fear him; Behind some hedge, because he would not fear him:

Glossary

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hedgeprotect, surround
hedgeevade, be devious, prevaricate
hedgedeviate from a straight path, shift direction
hedgerestrict, confine, limit
hedgeexclude, keep out, shut out
hedge-pighedgehog
hedge-priest[contemptuous] roadside cleric, uneducated priest

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
HEDGEBASIChedge n, hedge v
HEDGEANIMALhedgehog n, hedge-pig n
HEDGEBIRDhedge-sparrow n
HEDGEBIRTHhedge-born adj
HEDGEPEOPLEhedge-priest n
HEDGEPLACEhedge-corner n

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