balsa
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"All you can see of Chewie's feet are his toes. My dad carved them out of balsa wood as he is an engineer too," he said.
From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2024
“Going through my brain were suitable expletives. I hit the brakes, by which time it was too late, it was like balsa wood flying absolutely everywhere.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 25, 2022
The roomy interior was cooled by dry ice, with a single headlamp and a crush zone of balsa wood installed in front.
From Slate ● Aug. 2, 2022
He laid out the physics hurdles of such an epic voyage and even crafted a prototype spacecraft from poster board, balsa wood, and Elmer’s glue.
From Science Magazine ● Jul. 27, 2022
On the river, the canoes were tied together in pairs to form a balsa, or raft.
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
According to Peruvian tradition, the Inca Tupac Yupanqui sailed a large fleet of balsas into the Pacific, about 1470 A.D.
From Time Magazine Archive
They were taking many of the same chances as their theoretical primitives: the raft was modeled after the balsas of the ancient Peruvians.
From Time Magazine Archive
But the balsas are the most original, and, therefore, the most attractive sight.
From The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America by James Orton
At length the Spaniards embarked in twenty balsas, and came in sight of the native squadron.
From The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America by William Henry Giles Kingston
These skin boats, if boats they are, are called balsas.
From Taking Tales Instructive and Entertaining Reading by William Henry Giles Kingston
