English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Result for Assart
Assart
(n.)
The act or offense of grubbing up trees and bushes, and
thus destroying the thickets or coverts of a forest.
Assart
(n.)
A piece of land cleared of trees and bushes, and fitted for
cultivation; a clearing.
Assart
(v. t.)
To grub up, as trees; to commit an assart upon; as, to
assart land or trees.