1850  The refraction had caused a hummocky piece of ice to assume these forms.
1906  Wind and tide had jammed together masses of floating ice, now frozen solid, but with a surface rough and uneven--"hummocky," as Newfoundlanders call it--and liable to have treacherous spots to catch the unwary.
1939  [Soon] they were out of sight round the first of the hummocky ice. . . .