Etymology
Origin of lightwood
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On the stones of the great fireplace the red flames from lightwood splits leaped over a smouldering hickory log, filling the cabin with the penetrating odour of burning, resinous pine.
From The Voice of the People by Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow
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 George Washington Cable
We had brought a load of lightwood splints in bundles to town on a steer cart.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 2 by Work Projects Administration
The pine woods were on fire as we passed through them, the flames now and then running up a lightwood tree, and throwing a weird and fitful glare upon the passing train.
From Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States by Raphael Semmes
Upon this they lay their burning lightwood, split into small shivers, each splinter whereof will blaze and burn end for end like a candle.
From The Bounty of the Chesapeake Fishing in Colonial Virginia by James Wharton
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