Hedge
Hedge verb - To avoid giving a definite answer or position.
Keep
Keep verb - To mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony.
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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In Summer Knight, near the end of the story a Fey conjures up a nasty, poisonous hedge to keep Harry from interfering.
Source: The Hedge of Thorns - The Maze: The hedge maze surrounding Cruella's mansion, designed to keep strangers out.
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This one is clearly still relatively common knowledge, to the point that their name has changed spelling to keep up with the modern versions of the words "hedge" and "hog".
Source: Call a Smeerp a "Rabbit"
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