pineknot

The Modoc rips and tears around outdoors most of the time, and consequently is as hard as a pineknot and as brown as an

Mark Twain: A Biography 2003

And in the sudden stillness, there was a sound: that sound an exploding pineknot makes on the hearth during a cold winter night.

The Gunslinger King, Stephen, 1947- 1982

Thorn ran back into the cave and quickly threw a pineknot on the fire.

The Cave Boy of the Age of Stone Margaret A. McIntyre

Lincoln reading his favorite volumes by the dim light of a pineknot blaze; or Burritt poring over his books at the forge; or Garfield gazing intently at the pages while riding a mule on the banks of a canal.

A Fleece of Gold; Five Lessons from the Fable of Jason and the Golden Fleece Charles Stewart Given

The Modoc rips and tears around outdoors most of the time, and consequently is as hard as a pineknot and as brown as an

Mark Twain, a Biography — Volume I, Part 2: 1835-1866 Albert Bigelow Paine 1899

The Modoc rips and tears around outdoors most of the time, and consequently is as hard as a pineknot and as brown as an

Mark Twain, a Biography. Complete Albert Bigelow Paine 1899

Its bark is resinous and a fagot of dry sticks makes a torch that is equal to a pineknot.

Arizona Sketches 1887

The gnurliest pineknot burns frequent the hottest, an 'you can take my word for it, this Abby girl has sperit.

Wolfville Nights Alfred Henry Lewis 1885

As the train approaches the dépôt a person rushes from somewhere with a blazing pineknot, which he brandishes high in air.

A Railway Station in the Southern States of America 1861