Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hedged"

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) 1.7 (wn)

hedged
adj : evasively worded in order to avoid an unqualified statement
[syn: {weasel-worded}]

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