forestick
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of forestick
Example Sentences
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"No" "He aint?" said Mr. Plumfield, giving the forestick on the fire an energetic kick, which Fleda could not help thinking was mentally aimed at the said New Yorker.
From Queechy, Volume II by Warner, Susan
They brought in the materials for an old-fashioned fire, backlog, forestick, and crowsticks, and presently seated themselves before a crackling blaze.
From A Country Doctor and Selected Stories and Sketches by Jewett, Sarah Orne
Already, alas! even in farmhouses, backlog and forestick are obsolescent words, and close-mouthed stoves chill the spirit while they bake the flesh with their grim and undemonstrative hospitality.
From The Function of the Poet and Other Essays by Lowell, James Russell
Silence came on by degrees, like a calm snow storm, till nothing was heard but a cricket under the hearth, keeping tune with a sappy yellow birch forestick.
From The Portland Sketch Book by Various
Andirons come in a great many heights, and in the olden times two sets were used, the one holding the forestick, and the other the backlog.
From Remodeled Farmhouses by Northend, Mary H.
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