Definitions
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- noun A
heartwood ofpine trees , impregnated withresin , useful in the manufacture ofpitch andpine tar .
Etymologies
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Examples
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But the pitch from the butt of the tree, (sometimes called fatwood) or from old growth may be inches thick and very heavy.
WordPress.com News 2009
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When I walked into the parlor, he was on his knees in front of the fireplace, sticking fatwood and newspaper between the logs on the grate.
The Viognier Vendetta Ellen Crosby 2010
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Roasting chestnuts in the oven just isn't the same -- get your fireplace blazing with fatwood kindling from L.L. Bean ($14.50; llbean. com) .19 Make "busy bags" for the kids 'table so you can eat your holiday dinner in peace.
Holiday Countdown 2007
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Benton crouches before the hearth and lights a match, and wisps of smoke curl up from fatwood kindling.
Predator Cornwell, Patricia 2005
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Meg was bringing Georgia fatwood to light a bonfire, Whit had been given the task of sewing herb sachets to hang on the tree as gifts to the God and Goddess, and Chelsea was going to figure out some kind of maypole.
Salem Falls JODI PICOULT 2001
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Meg was bringing Georgia fatwood to light a bonfire, Whit had been given the task of sewing herb sachets to hang on the tree as gifts to the God and Goddess, and Chelsea was going to figure out some kind of maypole.
Salem Falls Picoult, Jodi, 1966- 2001
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A half-score of white-coated foot flared like fatwood in a winter fire, and the line slowed, but only momentarily, before the Shining Foot surged forward once more, the second line of troops marching over the charred corpses of those who had led the charge.
The Chaos Balance Modesitt, L. E. 1997
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Abruptly the stacked blankets burst into flame like fatwood.
The Great Hunt Jordan, Robert 1990
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A comparison of finely shaved magnesium and fatwood, both shaved perpendicular with the blade of my razor sharp little Norlund Voyageur axe.
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A comparison of finely shaved magnesium and fatwood, both shaved perpendicular with the blade of my razor sharp little Norlund Voyageur axe.
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