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Definition: Assart
Assart
\As*sart"\ ([a^]s*s[aum]rt"), n. [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.]
1. (Old Law) The act or offense of grubbing up trees and
bushes, and thus destroying the thickets or coverts of a
forest. --Spelman. --Cowell.
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2. A piece of land cleared of trees and bushes, and fitted
for cultivation; a clearing. --Ash.
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Assart land, forest land cleared of woods and brush.
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Assart
\As*sart"\, v. t.
To grub up, as trees; to commit an assart upon; as, to assart
land or trees. --Ashmole.
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