lightwood

Example Sentences

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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

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 Cable, George Washington

Well, dat happen in a skirt of woods what I get my lightwood what I use to start a fire.

From Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume I, Alabama Narratives by United States. 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 Macfarlane, J.

"Wait till I strike a match, and I'll try to find a piece of lightwood to make a torch," said Rob, jumping from the wagon.

From The Boy Scouts Under Fire in Mexico by Payton, Lieut. Howard