lightwood
Example Sentences
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"Thar ain't anything like a lightwood fire to drive away the misery."
From The Miller Of Old Church by Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow
All de light come from de lightwood knots burnin' in de fireplace.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 1 by Various
The pine woods were on fire as we passed through them, the flames now and then running up a lightwood tree, and throwing a weird and fitful glare upon the passing train.
From Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States by Raphael Semmes
Dat won't no trouble, cause all I had to do was rake back de ashes from the coals and throw on some chips and lightwood and de fire come right up.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 2 by Work Projects Administration
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 George Washington Cable
