单词 | corn-hill |
释义 | > as lemmascorn-hill corn-hill n. in North America, a small hillock raised by the Indians for the planting of maize. ΚΠ 1751 Virginia Gaz. 17 Oct. A new Tobacco-House being built, and about 35,000 Corn-Hills cleared. 1765 J. Bartram Jrnl. 28 Dec. (1766) 11 These are..the common planting grounds of the former Florida Indians, as is proved by..the vestigies of the corn hills still remaining. 1785 G. Washington Diaries II. 363 The Wheat ground..being..too much baked for the roller to make a proper impression, the Corn hills yielded but little to its weight. 1839 H. Colman 2nd Rep. Agric. Mass. (Mass. Agric. Surv.) 31 The corn hills were split with the common harrow. 1865 J. Lubbock Prehist. Times vii. 230 In many places the ground is covered with small mammillary elevations, which are known as Indian corn-hills. < as lemmas |
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