hedge schoolmaster

The master of a hedge school (q. v.). "Hedge- schoolmasters were as superior in literary knowl. edge and acquirements to the cla of men who are now engaged in the general education of the people as they were beneath them in moral and religious character."Car let on: Traits and Stories; The Hedge-School . hedge-sci ors, s . [HEDGE-SHEARS.] hedge-shears, hedge-sci ors, s. A large pair of shears for trimming hedges. hedge-sparrow, s. Ornith.: Accentor modular is , a small bird, which, though in plumage somewhat resembling the common sparrow, is a warbler more akin to the Redbreast. "The hedge- sparrow fed the cuckoo so long, That it had its head bit off by its young. Shakesp.: Lear, iv. 1. hedge-warbler, s. The hedge-sparrow (q. v.). *hedge-wine, s. A poor, cheap wine. "Homely cakes and harsh hedge-wine." Chapman: Homer's Iliad , Ep. Ded., iii. hedge-writer, s. A mean or poor author or writer.