lightwood

Example Sentences

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Our greatest achievement after all, I think, was the piles of socks we knitted by the lightwood blaze at night.

From Life in the Confederate Army Being Personal Experiences of a Private Soldier in the Confederate Army by Ford, Arthur Peronneau

We had thrown lightwood down into them, and filled them up.

From Down South or, Yacht Adventure in Florida by Optic, Oliver

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

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

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