balsa
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“Going through my brain were suitable expletives. I hit the brakes, by which time it was too late, it was like balsa wood flying absolutely everywhere.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 25, 2022
The roomy interior was cooled by dry ice, with a single headlamp and a crush zone of balsa wood installed in front.
From Slate ● Aug. 2, 2022
He laid out the physics hurdles of such an epic voyage and even crafted a prototype spacecraft from poster board, balsa wood, and Elmer’s glue.
From Science Magazine ● Jul. 27, 2022
It often involves getting rid of oils, chemicals and plastics, before you even get to the hull - layers of polyester resin that can be mixed with balsa wood and foam.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2022
Weary had a block of balsa wood which was supposed to be a foxhole pillow.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
According to Peruvian tradition, the Inca Tupac Yupanqui sailed a large fleet of balsas into the Pacific, about 1470 A.D.
From Time Magazine Archive
They were taking many of the same chances as their theoretical primitives: the raft was modeled after the balsas of the ancient Peruvians.
From Time Magazine Archive
He at once caused balsas, broad and clumsy barks, or rather rafts, of the country, to be provided, and by this means passed his men over, without opposition, to the other side of the river.
From History of the Conquest of Peru by William Hickling Prescott
The balsas are clumsy, and difficult to paddle.
From Inca Land Explorations in the Highlands of Peru by Hiram Bingham
To give greater security two balsas are sometimes fastened together in the fashion of a double canoe.
From Inca Land Explorations in the Highlands of Peru by Hiram Bingham
