"Lightwood" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... an Australian timber, Acacia melanoxylon, R. Br.; often called Lightwood; it is dark in ...
— A Dictionary of Austral English • Edward Morris
... helping Bernard mend a broken hare trap, while Delphy, herself, was crooning a lullaby to one of her grandchildren as she carded the wool which she had taken from a quilt of faded patchwork. 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 wall above the hearth a dozen roasting apples were suspended by hemp strings, and as the heat penetrated the russet coats the apples circled against ...
— The Voice of the People • Ellen Glasgow |
