Thesaurus: assart

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1. n. The act or offense of grubbing up trees and bushes, and thus destroying the thickets or coverts of a forest.
2. n. A piece of land cleared of trees and bushes, and fitted for cultivation; a clearing.
3. v. t. To grub up, as trees; to commit an assart upon; as, to assart land or trees.
4. 1. (Old Law) The act or offense of grubbing up trees and bushes, and thus destroying the tickets or coverts of a forest. Spelman. Cowell. 2. A piece of land cleared of trees and bushes, and fitted for cultivation; a clearing. Ash. Assart land, forest land cleared of woods and brush. To grub up, as trees; to commit an assart upon; as, to assart land or trees. Ashmole.
5. The act or offense of grubbing up trees and bushes, and thusdestroying the tickets or coverts of a forest. Spelman. Cowell.
6. n. The act or offense of grubbing up trees and bushes, and thus destroying the thickets or coverts of a forest. n. A piece of land cleared of trees and bushes, and fitted for cultivation; a clearing. v. t. To grub up, as trees; to commit an assart upon; as, to assart land or trees.