ASSART', noun
1. In ancient laws, the offense of grubbing up trees, and thus destroying thickets or coverts of a forest.
2. a tree plucked up by the roots, also a piece of land cleared.
ASSART', verb transitive To grub up trees; to commit an assart
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.