Meaning of hemlocky | Babel Free

Definitions

Covered with hemlock.

Examples

“10 is bad in the south line, and 9 also is cold and hemlocky.”

“The friends of Mr. Fillmore erected a hemlock pole at Evans on Friday last⟳ and hung their flag at half-mast. All right—a sign⟳ of distress is exceedingly appropriate for that party. Several speakers were present⟳, we understand⟳, and the style of oratory, was, in its argument and positions, quite as hemlocky as the pole, and as distressed as the flag at half-mast.”

“The next section extending from the 18th mile to Mr. Bell’s line, the land⟳ on the east side of the line is the same as the last⟳ section, but on the west side, the the^([sic]) land⟳ is more hilly, stony and hemlocky.”

“The rest⟳ of the farm is either low and flat, or piny or hemlocky, or something else.”

“E. G. R. [The Rev. E. Gillett of Runham] in Notes and Queries, iii., Series 1, p. 236, thinks this “Bunkey” or Hemlocky Hill.”

“From June till October I cruised and camped, mildly, on the upper waters of the Susquehanna, getting such benefit as I might from out-door life in a piny, hemlocky region.”

“Such has been the demand⟳ in the east for the true-to-nature productions of Becket & Von Hillern that few, if any, have⟳ strayed west of the Alleghanies yet; but if in the near future you see⟳ a particularly woodsy, hemlocky, viney bit of painting on exhibition anywhere—one that has a tendency to make⟳ you want⟳ to rush⟳ on to Devil’s lake, Shawno, Lake Gobebic, or some other place⟳ as yet unmarred by the hand of man—a scene that carries you back to boyhood when you went bare-footed, stubbed your toes, had stone-bruises, and got walloped for going in swimming so constantly—just look⟳ in the lower corner and see⟳ if you don’t find⟳ the initials “M. J. C. B.” or “B v. H.””

“The snow⟳ falls upon them and through them, yet does not lodge and cling⟳ to the bared branches; while the pines, spruces and hemlocks are glorified by it. They which have⟳ no blossoms in summer are compensated with a wealth of white roses and chrysanthemums, lifted high in air or leaning upon each other. Many a young hemlocky Santa Claus bends under the weight of his gifts, which he drops upon our heads as we pass⟳ by; […]”

“But I see⟳ she didn’t care anything about him, and I didn’t blame⟳ her; good land⟳! I thought to myself I could easier git up a sentimental attachment to a good new telegraph pole, for that would be kinder fresh and hemlocky.”

“Who asked you to come⟳ in, / Mud-yellow tributary? / I was supple and thin; / And you on the left snow⟳ cold / From caves of a hemlocky Catskill hold⟳?— / Forgive⟳ the query; it pains to grow⟳.”

“West coast fir I can take⟳ or leave⟳ alone. I can’t say⟳ I care for the smell⟳ of hemlock or for hemlock at all for that matter⟳, maybe because if you axe yourself just a trifle with a hemlocky axe you are almost bound to get⟳ a big fester.”

“FOR SALE—A tiny stream, hemlocky woods. 75 acres teeming with game.”

“Here we recognise⟳ the dreary, dank, desolate, overgrown, hemlocky complex at once.”

“CABIN in the wildwood. 3 rooms, 8 hemlocky acres, dirt road, private.”

“Outside, the long facade of white-painted brick / dormer windows tall french doors and trellised verandah / overlooking two levels of lawn and flowerbed / (tigering pansies, poppies with silk lips and milk that taught me bitter) / apple trees enough to feed⟳ me and a carnival of wasps into October / off to one side a shadowcopse of elm and beech and a hemlocky meadow / in summer humming as deep as Asia”

“As I was trudging blindly through hemlocky underbrush, hoping to find⟳ the deer and go home in time to still be a good host⟳, I heard it.”

“So, in this hemlocky wonderland I stumbled upon (literally) huge shiny red shelf fungi, some wrapped around fallen hemlock trunks, some sticking up from a stalk.”

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