hummocking (uncountable)
The formation of hummocks in the collision of Arctic or Antarctic ice.
Source: Wiktionary
Hum"mock*ing, n.
Definition: The process of forming hummocks in the collision of Arctic ice. Kane.
Hum"mock, n. Etym: [Prob. a dim. of hump. See Hump.]
1. A rounded knoll or hillock; a rise of ground of no great extent, above a level surface.
2. A ridge or pile of ice on an ice field.
3. Timbered land. See Hammock. [Southern U.S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 February 2025
(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
