lightwood

Example Sentences

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"Thar ain't anything like a lightwood fire to drive away the misery."

From The Miller Of Old Church by Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson

Light was furnished by lightwood torches and sometimes by the homemade tallow candles.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 3 by Work Projects Administration

The yard was brightly lighted in spots by flaming lightwood torches, which left the other parts in deepest gloom.

From The Rose of Old St. Louis by Dillon, Mary

As she sat one cold afternoon in December before her fire of fat lightwood knots, in her one-room cabin, she quickly went back to her childhood days.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 4 by Work Projects Administration

The pine woods were on fire as we passed through them, the flames now and then running up a lightwood tree, and throwing a weird and fitful glare upon the passing train.

From Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States by Semmes, Raphael