hammock

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. dragnet
3. A swinging couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas about six feet (1.8 meters) wide, suspended by clews or cords at the ends.
4. (small) rowboat
5. A piece of land thickly wooded, and usually covered with bushes and vines.
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6. whip; lash

Equivalents

Examples

“[…] the poore ſaylers, who […] commonly get⟳ forthwith into their beds (or hamackoes) reſting their tyred bodies […]”

“[W]ho vvould not rather Sleep⟳ Quietly upon a Hammock, vvithout either Cares in his Head, or Crudities in his Stomach, then lye Carking upon a Bed of State, vvith the Qualms and Tvvinges that accompany⟳ Surfeits and Exceſs?”

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