lightwood
Example Sentences
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The yard was brightly lighted in spots by flaming lightwood torches, which left the other parts in deepest gloom.
From The Rose of Old St. Louis by Dillon, Mary
Leaning against a post that held a lightwood torch, a little withdrawn from the others, in solitary dignity, stood Black Hawk.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
From a saddle he took the lightwood torch, returned within, and placed the cup on the boulder on which the Grand Cyclops had sat.
From The Clansman An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan by Dixon, Thomas
Upon this they lay their burning lightwood, split into small shivers, each splinter whereof will blaze and burn end for end like a candle.
From The Bounty of the Chesapeake Fishing in Colonial Virginia by Wharton, James
Outside, the ruddy, shaken shine from a couple of lightwood torches which stood alone, where they had been thrust deep into the garden mould made strange gouts and blotches of colour on Nancy’s flower beds.
From Judith of the Cumberlands by MacGowan, Alice
