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assartnoun
Forest land cleared for agriculture.
assartverb
To clear forest land for agriculture; remove stumps.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Assartnoun
An offence committed in the forest, by plucking up those woods by the roots, that are thickets or coverts of the forest, and by making them as plain as arable land. John Cowell
Etymology: essart, from essarter, Fr. to clear away wood in a forest.
To Assartverb
To commit an assart. See Assart.
Etymology: essartir, Fr.
Wikipedia
assart
Assarting is the act of clearing forested lands for use in agriculture or other purposes. In English land law, it was illegal to assart any part of a royal forest without permission. This was the greatest trespass that could be committed in a forest, being more than a waste: while waste of the forest involves felling trees and shrubs, which can regrow, assarting involves completely uprooting all trees—the total extirpation of the forested area. The term assart was also used for a parcel of land assarted. Assart rents were those paid to the British Crown for the forest lands assarted. The etymology is from the French word essarter meaning to remove or grub out woodland. In northern England this is referred to as ridding.
Webster Dictionary
Assartnoun
the act or offense of grubbing up trees and bushes, and thus destroying the thickets or coverts of a forest
Assartnoun
a piece of land cleared of trees and bushes, and fitted for cultivation; a clearing
Assartverb
to grub up, as trees; to commit an assart upon; as, to assart land or trees
Etymology: [OF. essart the grubbing up of trees, fr. essarter to grub up or clear ground of bushes, shrubs, trees, etc., fr. LL. exartum, exartare, for exsaritare; L. ex + sarire, sarrire, saritum, to hoe, weed.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of assart in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of assart in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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