Lexicographical Neighbors of Hassocky
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Literary usage of Hassocky
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Historical Collections of the Topsfield Historical Society by George Francis Dow (1899)
"hassocky meadow, 2 a., value, $24. ANDREWS, EPHRAIM, occupant and owner. ...
hassocky meadow, 4 a., 80 p., value, $56. Another of same, 3 a., 80 p., value, ..."
2. A Glossary of Words Used in the Wapentakes of Manley and Corringham by Edward Peacock (1889)
"A thick and large tuft of coarse grass. hassocky, adj.—Land is said to be hassocky
when it has many " hassocks" growing on it. HASTER. ..."
3. A Collection of Tracts and Treatises Illustrative of the Natural History by James Hewitt Lifford (1860)
"hassocky-bogs we call those, whose ground being miry and muddy is covered over
with water a foot or two deep, in some places more, in others less; ..."
4. Publications by English Dialect Society (1882)
"hassocky, adj. stony. Hassock is also the name of a rough, coarse grass which
grows in tufts. Hatch, v. Bark-hatching is dressing the bark for the tanner. ..."
5. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register by Henry Fritz-Gilbert Waters (1902)
"He had a parcel of upland and " hassocky meadow lying beyond East Creek."
The marsh contained 4i acres, and the upland 34 acres. His children were: i. ..."
6. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"2. tussocky, hassocky. tumble, v.'i. I. roll,'wallow, welter; see FLOUNCE. 2.
See RUSH, DEPRECIATE. tumble, n. 1. See FALL, FLOUNCE. ..."
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