fatwood

Because of this oily smoke fatwood should not be used for indoor fireplaces.

Our room had a fireplace with cured redwood and fatwood sticks to use as starters.

Abruptly the stacked blankets burst into flame like fatwood.

The heart of a pine tree, including roots and stumps, that have become fatwood is combustible.

The smoke produced by "fatwood" is an excellent bug (especially mosquito) repellent.

Again, resin will harden forming "scar" tissue rich in fatwood.

The stump (and tap root) left in the ground after a tree has fallen or has been cut is an excellent source of fatwood.

The commercial use of fatwood from stumps stemmed from its use to make pitch and pine tar.

The science of how fatwood evolves includes complicated study of Archaeology and even Paleontology, among others.

Because of the flammability of terpene, fatwood is prized for use as kindling in starting fires.

A small piece of fatwood can be used many times to create tinder by shaving small curls and using them to light other larger tinder.

Atop the newspapers, she crisscrossed a few pieces of Georgia fatwood, and crowned it all with a length of piñon wood.

Benton crouches before the hearth and lights a match, and wisps of smoke curl up from fatwood kindling.

In Louisiana "fatwood" is known as "rich lighter" and cut slivers are what is referred to as "kindling" because of the abundance.

A fatwood pine knot burns hot enough that even one of a smaller size can cause damage to a wood stove and even cause house fires.

The wood was prized and cutting resulted in many hundreds of thousands of stumps that are very resinous, do not rot, and eventually become fatwood.

The pitch-soaked wood produces an oily, sooty smoke, and it is recommended that one should not cook on a fire until all the fatwood has completely burned out.

Industrial uses for fatwood include production of turpentine; when fatwood is cooked down in a fire kiln, the heavier resin product that results is tar.

Anywhere there is a pine tree or pine stump, there can be fatwood that can be found on top of the ground, but is more concentrated and preserved in stumps.

The space was large, with terra-cotta floors, a wet bar, wicker furniture with flowered cushions and a fireplace that had been artfully stocked with logs, fatwood starters and newspapers.

The wise househusband, venturing on a fire needs special fireproof gloves, elaborate log splitters and carriers, a safety mask, quantities of fatwood (whatever that is) and a giant-sized fire extinguisher.

A few decent natural tinders are birch bark, cedar bark, and fatwood, where available; followed by dead, dry pine needles or grass; a more comprehensive list is given in the article on tinder.

Published by the Vermont Castings Company, a manufacturer of wood stoves, the catalogue carries "everything from doorway fans to fatwood sticks from Georgia," said Peter Comart, the customer service manager.

Although most resinous pines can produce fatwood, in the southeastern United States the wood is commonly associated with longleaf pine (Pinus palustris), which historically was highly valued for its high pitch production.

Flames leapt up from the fatwood, catching on the log atop the fire-irons as the women arrayed themselves in the lightly carved low-backed chairs arranged in a semicircle in front of the fireplace.