lightwood

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We had brought a load of lightwood splints in bundles to town on a steer cart.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 2 by Work Projects Administration

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 torches made o' lightwood splinters, and brushes in our han's, we hit de piles o' brush after we got 'round 'em.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 1 by Various

It was 'bout sundown, and every time my ax go 'whack' on de lightwood knot, I hear another whack 'sides mine.

From Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume I, Alabama Narratives by United States. Work Projects Administration

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