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Assart
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) The act or offense of grubbing up trees and bushes, and thus destroying the thickets or coverts of a forest.
(2):
(n.) A piece of land cleared of trees and bushes, and fitted for cultivation; a clearing.
(3):
(v. t.) To grub up, as trees; to commit an assart upon; as, to assart land or trees.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Assart'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/a/assart.html. 1828.