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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In the spring he had laid the keel and riveted securely to it the squared hackmatack knees.
From International Short Stories American by Various
There was no hackmatack tree at the end of his line.
From Troop One of the Labrador by Dillon Wallace
A small hollow, overrun with hackmatack, led up towards the spot.
From Happy Days for Boys and Girls by Various
It did not take them long to find the hackmatack tree, and in doing so they stumbled upon the pile of rocks Jamie had built up for a compass rest.
From Troop One of the Labrador by Dillon Wallace
As pine, beech, birch, ash, hackmatack, hemlock, spruce, bass-wood, maple, interweave their foliage in the natural wood, so these mortals blended their varieties of visage and garb.
From The Confidence-Man by Herman Melville
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