lightwood

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Reeney found lightwood enough on the raft to make a good fire for coffee, which never tasted better.

From Famous Adventures And Prison Escapes of the Civil War by Cable, George Washington

The method of it is to suspend a fire of lightwood knots, which is built within a hollow, gratelike iron frame over the water.

From When the Cock Crows by Baily, Waldron

We are fortunate to have so much lightwood.

From Life in the Confederate Army Being Personal Experiences of a Private Soldier in the Confederate Army by Ford, Arthur Peronneau

He loosed the bundle of lightwood, 325 took two pieces, tied them into the form of a cross, and laid it beside a lighted candle near the silver cup.

From The Clansman An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan by Dixon, Thomas

Leaning against a post that held a lightwood torch, a little withdrawn from the others, in solitary dignity, stood Black Hawk.

From The Rose of Old St. Louis by Dillon, Mary