hommock
Americannoun
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When we would wake up, after a short nap, every old log and hommock about us would be covered with 'gators.'
From Capturing a Locomotive A History of Secrect Service in the Late War. by William Pittenger
There stretched the savanna; beyond it the home-fields of indigo and maize; beyond these the dark wood-knoll of the hommock; but beyond this last there was nothing—nothing I could recognise.
From Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land by Mayne Reid
The Indians were not slow in noticing it; and before we could take any steps to hinder them, a body of warriors rushed across the isthmus, and took possession of the hommock.
From Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land by Mayne Reid
He had now arrived upon the outer edge of the hommock, which he did not enter.
From Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land by Mayne Reid
We waded about in the water, tall grass and cane, and after a while found a little mound or hommock, which projected above the water, and on which we perched ourselves for the night.
From Capturing a Locomotive A History of Secrect Service in the Late War. by William Pittenger
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