hemlocky

Examples of hemlocky in a sentence

• Several speakers were present, we understand, and the style of oratory, was, in its argument and positions, quite as hemlocky as the pole, and as distressed as the flag at half-mast.1856 August 25, Buffalo Morning Express and Daily Democracy, volume XI, number 3286, Buffalo, N.Y., page [2], column 1:
• Bell’s line, the land on the east side of the line is the same as the last section, but on the west side, the the^([sic]) land is more hilly, stony and hemlocky.1858, Directory of the United Counties of Peterborough & Victoria for 1858. […], Peterborough: […] T. & R. White, […], page 50:
• The rest of the farm is either low and flat, or piny or hemlocky, or something else.1868 May 1, “[The Field.] “Bush” and “Clearing.””, in The Canada Farmer, volume V, number 9, Toronto, Ont., page 130, column 1:
• Gillett of Runham] in Notes and Queries, iii., Series 1, p. 236, thinks this “Bunkey” or Hemlocky Hill.1880, Walter Rye, editor, The Norfolk Antiquarian Miscellany, volume II, part I, Norwich: A[gas] H. Goose and Co. […], page 307:

Forms of hemlocky

Origin of hemlocky

From hemlock + -y.

Questions about hemlocky

What does hemlocky mean?

Hemlocky means covered with hemlock.

How do you use hemlocky in a sentence?

Several speakers were present, we understand, and the style of oratory, was, in its argument and positions, quite as hemlocky as the pole, and as distressed as the flag at half-mast.

What part of speech is hemlocky?

Hemlocky is an adjective.