fat pine
Origin of fat pine
1An Americanism dating back to 1665–75
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How to use fat pine in a sentence
The boys stopped at the first wood pile and split up a log of fat pine into long sticks for torches.
The Boy Chums in the Florida Jungle | Wilmer M. ElyAs night fell, dozens of little bonfires were lighted in the plaza, made from cobwork piles of fat-pine.
In Indian Mexico (1908) | Frederick Starr"I'll light a piece of fat pine," shouted the Boy, catching up a stick, and thrusting it into the coals.
The Magnetic North | Elizabeth Robins (C. E. Raimond)High-grade wood turpentine is now produced by the steam distillation of finely cut fat pine wood.
Paint Technology and Tests | Henry A. GardnerAnd there were great coal barges, filled with fat pine knots.
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