Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AS-SART
AS-SART, n. [Old Fr. assarter, to grub up.]
- In ancient laws, the offense of grubbing up trees, and thus of destroying thickets or coverts of a forest. – Spelman. Cowel.
- A tree plucked up by the roots; also a piece of land cleared. – Ash.
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