n. [ AS. cammoc. ] (Bot.) A plant having long hard, crooked roots, the Ononis spinosa; -- called also
n. [ A word of Indian origin: cf. Sp. hamaca. Columbus, in the Narrative of his first voyage, says: “A great many Indians in canoes came to the ship to-day for the purpose of bartering their cotton, and hamacas, or nets, in which they sleep.” ]
Hammock nettings (Naut.),
n. [ A word of Indian origin: cf. Sp. hamaca. Columbus, in the Narrative of his first voyage, says: “A great many Indians in canoes came to the ship to-day for the purpose of bartering their cotton, and hamacas, or nets, in which they sleep.” ]
Hammock nettings (Naut.),