Hammock

·noun A piece of land thickly wooded, and usually covered with bushes and vines. Used also adjectively; as, hammock land.

II. Hammock ·noun A swinging couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas about six feet wide, suspended by clews or cords at the ends.

hammock
1) In Florida, a term given to a particular kind of land. The low hammocks are the richest in the co...

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hammock
A swinging sea-bed, the undisputed invention of Alcibiades; but the modern name is derived from the ...

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hammock-battens or racks
Cleats or battens nailed to the sides of a vessel's beams, from which to suspend the seamen's hammoc...

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hammock-berthing
Forecastle-men forward, and thence passing aft, foretop-men, maintop-men, mizentop-men, waisters, af...

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hammock-cloths
To protect them from wet while stowed in the nettings on deck. ...

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hammock-nettings
Take their distinguishing names according to their location in the ship, as forecastle, waist, quart...

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hammock-racks
See hammock-battens. ...

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hammock gant-lines
Lines extended from the jib-boom end around the ship, triced up to the lower yard-arms, for drying s...

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clue of a hammock
The combination of small lines by which it is suspended, being formed of knittles, grommets, and lan...

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foot-clue of a hammock
See hammock. ...

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head-clue of a hammock
Where the head rests. (See hammock.) ...

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