Archipelagoed

Imagine a poor exile contemplating that inert thing; and imagine an angel suddenly sweeping down out of a better land and setting before him a mighty porter-house steak an inch and a half thick, hot and sputtering from the gridddle; dusted with fragrant pepper; enriched with little melting bits of butter of the most unimpeachable freshness and genuineness; the precious juices of the meat trickling out and joining the gravy, archipelagoed with mushrooms; […]

A vast drugget had been laid down, a buffet ran right across the stage some six feet from the back wall, and tables and little golden chairs were archipelago'd in corners.

The German boys whose names all sounded the same were archipelagoed around the edge of the room, being interviewed by the Reichssender or napping.