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tummock dial.|ˈtʌmək|
Also (Sc.) tammock, tummack.
[app. f. Gaelic tom hillock + -ock; cf. tump n.]
A hillock, mound, knoll.
1789D. Davidson Seasons 5 Twa 'herds..straught down on tammocks clap Their nether ends, and talk their unco's o'er. 1855Kingsley Westw. Ho. xiv, Your ghost may sit there on a grass tummock, and tell your beads. 1901A. Trotter E. Galloway Sk. 32/1 Wandering among its hills and ‘tummacks’, its singing spouts and burns. |