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- noun Plural form of
heartwood .
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You can almost feel the twigs snapping under your feet as the story proceeds deeper into the heartwoods, and the sense of dislocated time is conveyed very well.
Mythago Wood by Robert Holdstock Adam Whitehead 2009
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You can almost feel the twigs snapping under your feet as the story proceeds deeper into the heartwoods, and the sense of dislocated time is conveyed very well. link: The Wertzone: Mythago Wood by Robert Holdstock
Archive 2009-09-01 Jeff C 2009
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You can almost feel the twigs snapping under your feet as the story proceeds deeper into the heartwoods, and the sense of dislocated time is conveyed very well.
Archive 2009-09-01 Adam Whitehead 2009
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You can almost feel the twigs snapping under your feet as the story proceeds deeper into the heartwoods, and the sense of dislocated time is conveyed very well. link: The Wertzone: Mythago Wood by Robert Holdstock
Today in Fantasy: September 17, 2009 (Part 2) Jeff C 2009
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With heartwoods, you must shave off the bark and white sapwood with a drawknife to reach the darker, denser wood beneath.
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You can use white woods like hickory and ash, or heartwoods like osage, mulberry, and black locust.
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This method is not new by any means, as several patents have been granted on the steaming of gum to render the sapwood more nearly the color of the heartwoods.
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