lightwood

Example Sentences

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"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

The resinous pine blazed up, the pungent odour filled the large room, and from the lightwood sticks tiny streams of resin oozed out and dripped into the embers, turning the red to gray.

From The Voice of the People by Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson

Outside, the ruddy, shaken shine from a couple of lightwood torches which stood alone, where they had been thrust deep into the garden mould made strange gouts and blotches of colour on Nancy’s flower beds.

From Judith of the Cumberlands by MacGowan, Alice

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 Optic, Oliver

Oh, we had big chunk of lightwood en cook meat en hoecake en collards right dere in de woods.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 1 by Work Projects Administration