| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. The act or offense of grubbing up trees and bushes, and thus destroying the thickets or coverts of a forest.[Websters]
2. A piece of land cleared of trees and bushes, and fitted for cultivation; a clearing.[Websters]. | |
| Verb | 1. To grub up, as trees; to commit an assart upon; as, to assart land or trees.[Websters] 2. Base verb from the following inflections: assarting, assarted, assarts, assarter, assarters, assartingly and assartedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
"ASSART" is a common misspelling or typo for: assarts. |
Date "ASSART" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
| Etymology:Assart \As*sart"\ ([a^]s*s[aum]rt"), noun. [Old French essart the grubbing up of trees, from essarter to grub up or clear ground of bushes, shrubs, trees, etc., from Late Latin exartum, exartare, for exsaritare; Latin ex + sarire, sarrire, saritum, to hoe, weed.]. (references) |
Specialty Definition: ASSART
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | 1: [Noun] In ancient laws, the offense of grubbing up trees, and thus destroying thickets or coverts of a forest.. | 2: [Noun] a tree plucked up by the roots, also a piece of land cleared.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | |
| Wiktionary | 1: [Noun] forest land cleared for agriculture. (references) | 2: [Verb] to clear forest land for agriculture. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
Common Expressions: ASSART
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Assart land | Forest land cleared of woods and brush. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
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