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hackmatack|ˈhækmətæk|
Also 8 hakmantak, 9 hacmontac, hackmetack.
[American Indian: see quot. 1792.]
The American Larch or Tamarack (Larix Americana), found in northern swamps of the United States. Also attrib.
1792J. Belknap Hist. New-Hampsh. III. 33 On some mountains we find a shrubbery of hemlock and spruce, whose branches are knit together so as to be impenetrable. The snow lodges on their tops, and a cavity is formed underneath. These are called by the Indians, Hakmantaks. 1821Dwight Trav. I. 36 Hacmontac I take to be an Indian name. 1845N. P. Rogers in Whittier's Pr. Wks. (1889) II. 240 The dark hemlock and hackmatack woods. 1882Pall Mall G. 29 Mar. 11/1 The Meteor..is built of oak, hackmatack, and hard pine. |