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Hummock   Listen
noun
Hummock  n.  
1.
A rounded knoll or hillock; a rise of ground of no great extent, above a level surface.
2.
A ridge or pile of ice on an ice field.
3.
Timbered land. See Hammock. (Southern U.S.)





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"Hummock" Quotes from Famous Books



... opening of the wood, his eye embraced the scene of the encampment. The fire had been built upon a heathy hummock of the ground, surrounded on three sides by thicket, and it now burned very strong, roaring aloud and brandishing flames. Around it there sat not quite a dozen people, warmly cloaked; but though the neighbouring snow was trampled down as by a regiment, Dick looked in vain for any horse. ...
— The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 8 (of 25) • Robert Louis Stevenson
... bounced from side to side with every hummock of ice it struck, and several times was in imminent danger of overturning. Charley shouted "Ah! Ah!" at the top of his voice in vain effort to stop the mad beasts, and then "Ouk! Ouk! Ouk!" and "Rahder! Rahder! Rahder!" in the hope that they would swing to the right or to the left ...
— Left on the Labrador - A Tale of Adventure Down North • Dillon Wallace
... reply. Presently she stumbled over a hummock, recovered her poise without comment, and slipped her hand into his ...
— Iole • Robert W. Chambers
... made to see if the bear was anywhere near; and as the canvas door was opened with some difficulty, they stepped out into the semi-darkness to make for the other side of the vessel, about a hundred yards from which a hummock could be seen lying through the rising mist; and upon their approaching it the footsteps of the bear could be plainly traced in company with spots of blood, showing that the animal must ...
— Steve Young • George Manville Fenn
... a bullet sang over her head. Lorraine ducked, stumbled and fell head-first over a hummock, not quite sure that she ...
— Sawtooth Ranch • B. M. Bower


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