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Webster 1913 Edition
Assart
As-sart′
(ăs-särt′)
, Noun.
[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.
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.
As-sart′
,Verb.
T.
To grub up, as trees; to commit an assart upon;
as, to
. assart
land or treesAshmole.
Webster 1828 Edition
Assart
ASSART'
,Noun.
1.
In ancient laws, the offense of grubbing up trees, and thus destroying thickets or coverts of a forest.2.
a tree plucked up by the roots, also a piece of land cleared.ASSART'
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
assart
assart
English
Noun
assart (plural assarts)
- Forest land cleared for agriculture.
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- (law, obsolete) The act or offence of grubbing up trees and bushes, and thus destroying the tickets or coverts of a forest.
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Verb
assart (third-person singular simple present assarts, present participle assarting, simple past and past participle assarted)
- To clear forest land for agriculture; remove stumps.