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   Hedge , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hedged ; p. pr. & vb. n. Hedging.]
   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.
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   To obstruct, as a road, with a barrier; to hinder from progress or success; -- sometimes with up and out.
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   I will hedge up thy way with thorns.
   Hos. ii. 6.
   
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   Lollius Urbius . . . drew another wall . . . to hedge out incursions from the north.
   Milton.
   
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   To surround for defense; to guard; to protect; to hem (in). “England, hedged in with the main.” 
   Shak.
   
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   To surround so as to prevent escape.
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   That is a law to hedge in the cuckoo.
   Locke.
   
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   To protect oneself against excessive loss in an activity by taking a countervailing action; as, to hedge an investment denominated in a foreign currency by buying or selling futures in that currency; to hedge a donation to one political party by also donating to the opposed political party.
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   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. See hedge{5}.
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   hedged adj. [p. p. from hedge, v. i. {3}.] qualified; limited or restricted; as, a hedged promise.
   Syn. -- weasel-worded.
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