English dictionary
assart
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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The act or offense of grubbing up trees and bushes, and thus destroying the thickets or coverts of a forest.
Source: webster1913
verb
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To grub up, as trees; to commit an assart upon; as, to <i>assart</i> land or trees.
Source: webster1913