hommock
Americannoun
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Directing him to follow me, I kept on; and having passed through the fields, we rode into the thick underwood of the hommock, where halting, we dismounted from our horses.
From Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land by Mayne Reid
On this island grew a thick grove of evergreen trees—palms, live-oaks, and magnolias—in short, a hommock.
From Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land by Mayne Reid
He said nothing, but pointed towards the hommock.
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
“It may be proper to observe that the attack was not made from a hommock, but in a thinly-wooded country—the Indians being concealed by palmettoes and grass.”
From Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land by Mayne Reid
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