lightwood
Example Sentences
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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
I was passing between two piles of lightwood on my way, when I heard the report of a pistol.
From Down South or, Yacht Adventure in Florida by Oliver Optic
We had thrown lightwood down into them, and filled them up.
From Down South or, Yacht Adventure in Florida by Oliver Optic
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 Waldron Baily
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
