lancewood
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How to use lancewood in a sentence
For goodness' sake, Will, never call that dandy lancewood rod by such a degrading name again.
The Outdoor Chums at Cabin Point | Quincy AllenThen he began to banter me about my ash and lancewood, and the excess of his catch over mine.
Fishing With The Fly | Charles F. Orvis and OthersIn ash and lancewood, or bethabara, from seven to eight ounces is the correct weight.
Bass, Pike, Perch, and Others | James Alexander HenshallIt is in two pieces, seven and one-half feet long, and weighs eight ounces in ash and lancewood, or seven ounces in split bamboo.
Bass, Pike, Perch, and Others | James Alexander HenshallThe butt is white ash, and the second joint and tip finely selected lancewood.
Black Bass | Charles Barker Bradford
British Dictionary definitions for lancewood
/ (ˈlɑːnsˌwʊd) /
any of various tropical trees, esp Oxandra lanceolata, yielding a tough elastic wood: family Annonaceae
the wood of any of these trees
Also called: horoeka a New Zealand forest tree, Pseudopanax crassifolius, with a small round head and a slender trunk
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