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 George Washington Cable
Brother Fox covets the Quills View larger image Back to List of Illustrations The old man folded his hands in his lap, and sat quietly gazing into the lightwood fire.
From Nights With Uncle Remus Myths and Legends of the Old Plantation by Joel Chandler Harris
So us carry a lightwood knot fer light when us put anything in it or take anything out.
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
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 J. Macfarlane
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 J. Macfarlane
