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CIDE DICTIONARY
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assart

CIDE DICTIONARY

assartn. [OF. essart the grubbing up of trees, fr. essarter to grub up or clear ground of bushes, shrubs, trees, etc., fr. LL. exartum, exartare, for exsaritare; L. ex + sarire, sarrire, saritum, to hoe, weed.].
  •  The act or offense of grubbing up trees and bushes, and thus destroying the thickets or coverts of a forest.  Spelman. Cowell.  [1913 Webster]
  •  A piece of land cleared of trees and bushes, and fitted for cultivation; a clearing.  Ash.  [1913 Webster]
Assart land, forest land cleared of woods and brush.
assartv. t. 
     To grub up, as trees; to commit an assart upon; as, to assart land or trees.  Ashmole.  [1913 Webster]

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