| 单词 | pitchwood |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspitchwood pitchwood n. the resinous wood of coniferous trees. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > [noun] > resinous wood agila1555 pitchwood1662 tar-wood1856 1662 G. Smith in T. Birch Hist. Royal Soc. (1756) I. 101 [The distillation of tar] may be also done in close vessels, by a fire encompassing a vessel of earth or iron, in which the pitch-wood may be contained. 1784 J. Belknap Hist. New-Hampsh. I. v. 125 We are struck with horror, when we hear of their binding their victim to the stake..[and] sticking his skin full of lighted pitch-wood. 1882 Cent. Mag. July 330/2 Mrs. Tsa-tate lighted the pitch-wood candles, and with down and resin dressed an ugly gash in the sole of her husband's foot. 1992 B. Unsworth Sacred Hunger xlix. 543 Calley quite often found logs of pitchwood in the forest and he had learned that this black, heavy wood was in the great demand as fuel. < as lemmas |
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