lightwood

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October came, when all the scrub, the lightwood, and wattle were in full bloom, and the air everywhere was full of sweetness.

From The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned by Macfarlane, J.

Leaning against a post that held a lightwood torch, a little withdrawn from the others, in solitary dignity, stood Black Hawk.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

The old man folded his hands in his lap, and sat quietly gazing into the lightwood fire.

From Nights With Uncle Remus by Winter, Milo

The bird descended as far as the lightwood, but would not be coaxed to come any nearer.

From The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned by Macfarlane, J.

We had thrown lightwood down into them, and filled them up.

From Down South or, Yacht Adventure in Florida by Optic, Oliver