hommock
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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It would have been prudent for us to have occupied this hommock at the moment of our first crossing over; but our general had not perceived the advantage.
From Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land by Reid, Mayne
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 Reid, Mayne
In a few seconds we were upon the island, and advancing by rapid strides towards the hommock.
From Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land by Reid, Mayne
“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 Reid, Mayne
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 Reid, Mayne
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