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  • 51To break cover — Cover Cov er (k?v ?r), n. 1. Anything which is laid, set, or spread, upon, about, or over, another thing; an envelope; a lid; as, the cover of a book. [1913 Webster] 2. Anything which veils or conceals; a screen; disguise; a cloak. Under cover of …

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  • 52Under cover — Cover Cov er (k?v ?r), n. 1. Anything which is laid, set, or spread, upon, about, or over, another thing; an envelope; a lid; as, the cover of a book. [1913 Webster] 2. Anything which veils or conceals; a screen; disguise; a cloak. Under cover of …

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  • 53Underwood — Un der*wood , n. Small trees and bushes that grow among large trees; coppice; underbrush; formerly used in the plural. [1913 Webster] Shrubs and underwoods look well enough while they grow within the shade of oaks and cedars. Addison. [1913… …

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  • 54Weed — Weed, n. [OE. weed, weod, AS. we[ o]d, wi[ o]d, akin to OS. wiod, LG. woden the stalks and leaves of vegetables D. wieden to weed, OS. wiod[=o]n.] [1913 Webster] 1. Underbrush; low shrubs. [Obs. or Archaic] [1913 Webster] One rushing forth out of …

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  • 55Weed hook — Weed Weed, n. [OE. weed, weod, AS. we[ o]d, wi[ o]d, akin to OS. wiod, LG. woden the stalks and leaves of vegetables D. wieden to weed, OS. wiod[=o]n.] [1913 Webster] 1. Underbrush; low shrubs. [Obs. or Archaic] [1913 Webster] One rushing forth… …

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  • 56carr — noun Etymology: Middle English ker, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse kjarr underbrush Date: 14th century chiefly British fen I …

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  • 57grove — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English grāf Date: before 12th century 1. a small wood without underbrush < a picnic grove > 2. a planting of fruit or nut trees …

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  • 58machete — noun Etymology: Spanish Date: circa 1575 a large heavy knife used for cutting sugarcane and underbrush and as a weapon …

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  • 59underwood — noun Date: 14th century undergrowth, underbrush …

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  • 60brush — I. noun Etymology: Middle English brusch, from an Anglo French form akin to Old French broce brushwood, Medieval Latin brusca Date: 14th century 1. brushwood 2. a. scrub vegetation b. land covered with scrub vegetation II. noun …

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