HUMMOCK (of uncertain derivation; cf. hump or hillock)

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HUMMOCK (of uncertain derivation; cf. hump or hillock) , a boss or rounded knoll of ice rising above the general level of an ice-

field

, making sledge travelling in the

Arctic

ARCTIC (Gr. "ApKroc, the Bear, the northern
constellation
- CONSTELLATION (from the Lat. constellatus, studded with stars; co'n, with, and Stella, a star)
of Ursa
Major
- MAJOR
- MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
- MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)
)

and

Antarctic

region extremely difficult and unpleasant. Hummocky ice is caused by slow and unequal pressure in the

main

MAIN (from the
Aryan
- ARYAN
root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

body

BODY

of the packed ice, and by unequal structure and temperature at a later period.

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