hackmatackn.

Brit.

/ˈhakmətak/, U.S.

/ˈhækməˌtæk/

Forms: 1700s–1800s hacmatack, 1700s– hackmatack, 1800s hackematack, 1800s hackmatac, 1800s hacmontac, 1800s hakmatak, 1800s–1900s hacmatac, 1800s– hackmantack, 1800s– hackmattack, 1800s– hackmetack, 1900s– hackamatack.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps partly a borrowing from an Algonquian language. Perhaps partly a borrowing from German. Etymon: German Hackmatack.

Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps partly (i) < an Algonquian language (probably Western Abenaki), and partly (in sense 2) (ii) < German Hackmatack, Hackmantack (1770 or earlier), apparently an alteration (with metathesis) of Tacamahac , †Tacamahack the resin of any of various trees (1692 or earlier), the resin of the balsam poplar (1773 or earlier, also sometimes used to denote the tree: see tacamahac n.), perhaps influenced by or confused with the Algonquian word (or perhaps the English word in sense 1, although this is first attested later).Compare also the following, although its relation to the other words is unclear:1792 J. 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.

1. Any of several coniferous trees of northern North America, spec. the American larch or tamarack, Larix laricina, of bogs and moist woodlands in Canada and the north-eastern United States; (also) the wood of this tree.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > conifers > larch and allies > [noun]

larch1548

larch-tree1548

black larch1752

larix1754

alerce1774

red American larch1785

hackmatack1793

tamarack1805

German larch1838

mountain larch1850

Japanese larch1861

1793 P. Whitney Hist. County Worc. (Mass.) 210 In the low lands, swamps and marshes, there is maple, ash, birch, hornbeam and some spruce and hacmatack.

1804 T. G. Fessenden Orig. Poems 26 Miss Tabitha Towzer is fair..Like a hakmatak [Note] The Indian name for the Pinus Canadensis.

1821 Rep. Sel. Comm. Foreign Trade (1836) 55 The plank in her are of pine, and the top timbers are built of hackmatack. Explain what is meant by hackmatack?—It is a species of larch.

1845 N. P. Rogers in J. G. Whittier Pr. Wks. (1889) II. 240 The dark hemlock and hackmatack woods.

1922 Motor Boating Aug. 31/1 Stem: This is to be made of a hackmatack knee of 1⅞-inch stock... If hackmatack is not available use white oak.

1970 S. Trueman Intimate Hist. New Brunswick ix. 120 The masts were usually hackmatack, the yards black spruce.

2006 S. Graves Nail Biter x. 222 Along Route 190 the bronze needles of the hackmatack trees glowed against the hard blue sky.

2. The balsam poplar, Populus balsamifera. Cf. tacamahac n. 2.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > poplars and allies > [noun]

popple1229

popple-tree1229

abele?a1300

poplar1371

black poplar1542

white poplar1542

poppling1570

cotton tree1633

tacamahac1739

Lombardy poplar1766

poplar pine1770

Po poplar1776

grey poplar1782

cottonwood1787

pine poplar1789

liard1809

white-backa1825

necklace poplar1845

silver poplar1847

weather-tree1847

hackmatack1873

bitter-weed1878

balsam-poplar1884

Russian poplar1884

Lombardy1917

1873 Canada Farmer 31 May 183/1 But we can grow many kinds of the soft woods that will become of great value in ten or fifteen years, such as cotton wood, poplar, hackmatack, poplar abeles, horse chesnut, locust, bass, sycamore, and many other kinds of soft quick growing trees.

1876 E. Cooper Forest Culture & Eucalyptus Trees 237 Populus balsamifera, L.—The Hacmatack (Tamarack) or Balsam Poplar, of the colder, but not the coldest parts of North America.

1979 C. Erichsen-Brown Uses of Plants for Past 500 Years 96 Balsam poplar... Common Names: Taccamahac, hackmatack, balm of Gilead. Here is an excellent example of the confusion common names of plants can cause.

1996 P. Loewer Thoreau's Garden (2002) 174 The large tree she described..also goes by the names of hairy balm-of-Gilead, hackmatack, balm buds, black poplar, and cottonwood.

2010 G. W. Argus et al. in Flora N. Amer. VII. 14/2 Populus balsamifera... Balsam poplar, hackmatack, [etc.].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	hackmatack
释义	hackmatackn. Brit. /ˈhakmətak/, U.S. /ˈhækməˌtæk/ Forms: 1700s–1800s hacmatack, 1700s– hackmatack, 1800s hackematack, 1800s hackmatac, 1800s hacmontac, 1800s hakmatak, 1800s–1900s hacmatac, 1800s– hackmantack, 1800s– hackmattack, 1800s– hackmetack, 1900s– hackamatack. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps partly a borrowing from an Algonquian language. Perhaps partly a borrowing from German. Etymon: German Hackmatack. Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps partly (i) < an Algonquian language (probably Western Abenaki), and partly (in sense 2) (ii) < German Hackmatack, Hackmantack (1770 or earlier), apparently an alteration (with metathesis) of Tacamahac , †Tacamahack the resin of any of various trees (1692 or earlier), the resin of the balsam poplar (1773 or earlier, also sometimes used to denote the tree: see tacamahac n.), perhaps influenced by or confused with the Algonquian word (or perhaps the English word in sense 1, although this is first attested later).Compare also the following, although its relation to the other words is unclear:1792 J. 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. 1. Any of several coniferous trees of northern North America, spec. the American larch or tamarack, Larix laricina, of bogs and moist woodlands in Canada and the north-eastern United States; (also) the wood of this tree. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > conifers > larch and allies > [noun] larch1548 larch-tree1548 black larch1752 larix1754 alerce1774 red American larch1785 hackmatack1793 tamarack1805 German larch1838 mountain larch1850 Japanese larch1861 1793 P. Whitney Hist. County Worc. (Mass.) 210 In the low lands, swamps and marshes, there is maple, ash, birch, hornbeam and some spruce and hacmatack. 1804 T. G. Fessenden Orig. Poems 26 Miss Tabitha Towzer is fair..Like a hakmatak [Note] The Indian name for the Pinus Canadensis. 1821 Rep. Sel. Comm. Foreign Trade (1836) 55 The plank in her are of pine, and the top timbers are built of hackmatack. Explain what is meant by hackmatack?—It is a species of larch. 1845 N. P. Rogers in J. G. Whittier Pr. Wks. (1889) II. 240 The dark hemlock and hackmatack woods. 1922 Motor Boating Aug. 31/1 Stem: This is to be made of a hackmatack knee of 1⅞-inch stock... If hackmatack is not available use white oak. 1970 S. Trueman Intimate Hist. New Brunswick ix. 120 The masts were usually hackmatack, the yards black spruce. 2006 S. Graves Nail Biter x. 222 Along Route 190 the bronze needles of the hackmatack trees glowed against the hard blue sky. 2. The balsam poplar, Populus balsamifera. Cf. tacamahac n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > poplars and allies > [noun] popple1229 popple-tree1229 abele?a1300 poplar1371 black poplar1542 white poplar1542 poppling1570 cotton tree1633 tacamahac1739 Lombardy poplar1766 poplar pine1770 Po poplar1776 grey poplar1782 cottonwood1787 pine poplar1789 liard1809 white-backa1825 necklace poplar1845 silver poplar1847 weather-tree1847 hackmatack1873 bitter-weed1878 balsam-poplar1884 Russian poplar1884 Lombardy1917 1873 Canada Farmer 31 May 183/1 But we can grow many kinds of the soft woods that will become of great value in ten or fifteen years, such as cotton wood, poplar, hackmatack, poplar abeles, horse chesnut, locust, bass, sycamore, and many other kinds of soft quick growing trees. 1876 E. Cooper Forest Culture & Eucalyptus Trees 237 Populus balsamifera, L.—The Hacmatack (Tamarack) or Balsam Poplar, of the colder, but not the coldest parts of North America. 1979 C. Erichsen-Brown Uses of Plants for Past 500 Years 96 Balsam poplar... Common Names: Taccamahac, hackmatack, balm of Gilead. Here is an excellent example of the confusion common names of plants can cause. 1996 P. Loewer Thoreau's Garden (2002) 174 The large tree she described..also goes by the names of hairy balm-of-Gilead, hackmatack, balm buds, black poplar, and cottonwood. 2010 G. W. Argus et al. in Flora N. Amer. VII. 14/2 Populus balsamifera... Balsam poplar, hackmatack, [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1793
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