forestick
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of forestick
Example Sentences
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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 James Russell Lowell
"He ain't?" 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 by Susan Warner
The dry forestick lying on the rude stone andirons burst into a blaze.
From The Hoosier Schoolmaster A Story of Backwoods Life in Indiana by Edward Eggleston
He put a log on behind, then placed the andirons up to the log, and a great forestick upon the andirons.
From Jonas on a Farm in Winter by Jacob Abbott
"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 Susan Warner
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