Emily Dickinson Lexicon

HEDGE, v.t. [hej.]

1. To inclose with a hedge; to fence with a thicket of shrubs or small trees; to separate by a hedge; as, to hedge a field or garden.
2. To obstruct with a hedge, or to obstruct in any manner. I will hedge up thy way with thorns. Hos. ii.
3. To surround for defense; to fortify. England hedged in with the main. Shak.
4. To inclose for preventing escape. That is a law to hedge in the cuckow. Locke. Dryden, Swift and Shakspeare have written hedge for edge, to edge in, but improperly.