hackmatack
AmericanEtymology
Origin of hackmatack
1765–75, earlier hackmetack woods, hakmantak dense forest or interwoven shrubbery of tamarack or other conifers; probably < Western Abenaki
Example Sentences
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By its toughness I imagine it’s oak or hackmatack.”
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In the spring he had laid the keel and riveted securely to it the squared hackmatack knees.
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A small hollow, overrun with hackmatack, led up towards the spot.
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He dropped his unwieldy musket, and clambered into a blackened and branchy hackmatack, so small that he feared the rush of the bull might break it down.
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Spelling of 'hackmatack' standardised to ensure consistency with other uses Page 203.
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