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Webster 1913 Edition
Hammock
Ham′mock
(hăm′mŏk)
, Noun.
[A word of Indian origin: cf. Sp.
hamaca
. Columbus, in the Narrative of his first voyage, says: “A great many Indians in canoes came to the ship to-day for the purpose of bartering their cotton, and hamacas
, or nets, in which they sleep.”] 1.
A swinging couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas about six feet long and three feet wide, suspended by clews or cords at the ends.
2.
A piece of land thickly wooded, and usually covered with bushes and vines. Used also adjectively;
as,
. hammock
land[Southern U. S.]
Bartlett.