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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Assart

/(ăs*särt")/ · As·sart · IPA /əˈsɑː(ɹ)t/
01 n. The act or offense of grubbing up trees and bushes, and thus destroying the thickets or coverts of a forest.
  1. 1.
    The act or offense of grubbing up trees and bushes, and thus destroying the thickets or coverts of a forest.(Old Law)
  2. 2.
    A piece of land cleared of trees and bushes, and fitted for cultivation; a clearing.
Phrases & compounds
Assart land — forest land cleared of woods and brush.
02 v. t. To grub up, as trees; to commit an assart upon; as, to assart land or trees.
  1. 1.
    To grub up, as trees; to commit an assart upon; as, to assart land or trees.