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haycock

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haycock [′hā‚käk]
(hydrology)
An isolated ice cone created on land ice or shelf ice because of pressure or ice movement.
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When the last of the hay had been divided, Levin, intrusting the superintendence of the rest to the counting-house clerk, sat down on a haycock marked off by a stake of willow, and looked admiringly at the meadow swarming with peasants.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
This long consumer, who had probably never done an honest day's-work in his life, sprung the lid of a Chinese tobacco-box and with thumb and forefinger forked out a wad like a small haycock.
Can Such Things Be? by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
The Fuegian wigwam resembles, in size and dimensions, a haycock.
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