Vocabulary : Hammock to Hamstringing
Hammock : A swinging couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas about six feet wide, suspended by clews or cords at the ends. ;; A piece of land thickly wooded, and usually covered with bushes and vines. Used also adjectively; as, hammock land.
Hamose : Alt. of Hamous
Hamous : Having the end hooked or curved.
Hamper : A large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles; as, a hamper of wine; a clothes hamper; an oyster hamper, which contains two bushels. ;; To put in a hamper. ;; To put a hamper or fetter on; to shackle; to insnare; to inveigle; hence, to impede in motion or progress; to embarrass; to encumber. ;; A shackle; a fetter; anything which impedes. ;; Articles ordinarily indispensable, but in the way at certain times.
Hampered : of Hamper
Hampering : of Hamper
Hamshackle : To fasten (an animal) by a rope binding the head to one of the fore legs; as, to hamshackle a horse or cow; hence, to bind or restrain; to curb.
Hamster : A small European rodent (Cricetus frumentarius). It is remarkable for having a pouch on each side of the jaw, under the skin, and for its migrations.
Hamstring : One of the great tendons situated in each side of the ham, or space back of the knee, and connected with the muscles of the back of the thigh. ;; To lame or disable by cutting the tendons of the ham or knee; to hough; hence, to cripple; to incapacitate; to disable.
Hamstringing : of Hamstring
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