lightwood

Example Sentences

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Den another time I was in de woods choppin' lightwood.

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 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

Dat won't no trouble, cause all I had to do was rake back de ashes from the coals and throw on some chips and lightwood and de fire come right up.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 2 by Work Projects Administration

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

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