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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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*Hedge-dyke, appar. erron. for Hed(e)-dyk n. (boundary-wall). —a1689 Cleland Poems 87.
To drive out holes in our hedge dykes When Babel's foxes. .Are endeavouring them to scale
