lightwood

Example Sentences

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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

Cornelia shivered as she sat down on the edge of this divan, and Charmian ran back to put another stick of lightwood on the fire, and turn the gas down to a blue flame.

From The Coast of Bohemia by Howells, William Dean

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

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

The method of it is to suspend a fire of lightwood knots, which is built within a hollow, gratelike iron frame over the water.

From When the Cock Crows by Baily, Waldron

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