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Wood

noun

The hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees.

The trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area. Synonyms: forest, woods.

United States film actress (1938-1981). Synonym: Natalie Wood.

English conductor (1869-1944). Synonyms: Sir Henry Joseph Wood, Sir Henry Wood.

English writer of novels about murders and thefts and forgeries (1814-1887). Synonyms: Ellen Price Wood, Mrs. Henry Wood.

United States painter noted for works based on life in the Midwest (1892-1942). Synonym: Grant Wood.

Any wind instrument other than the brass instruments. Synonyms: woodwind, woodwind instrument.

A golf club with a long shaft used to hit long shots; originally made with a wooden head.

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"Wood" Quotes from Famous Books

... water-holes became larger, water-fowl became more plentiful; and Brown succeeded in shooting several wood-ducks and a Malacorhyncus membranaceus. The bean of the Mackenzie was very abundant in the sandy bed of the river; we roasted and ate some of its fruit; it was, however, too heavy, and produced indigestion: Mr. Phillips pounded them, and they ...

— Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia • Ludwig Leichhardt

... we passed along by the edge of the wood, a great white-breasted bird flew by, and went softly along by the side of the trees, till it ...

— Burr Junior • G. Manville Fenn

... of undiminished popularity, the General came down to his last day in office. One enthusiast sent him a light wagon made entirely of hickory sticks with the bark upon them. Another presented a phaeton made of wood taken from the old frigate Constitution. A third capped the climax by forwarding from New York a cheese four feet in diameter, two feet thick, and weighing fourteen hundred pounds—twice as large, the Globe fondly pointed out, as the cheese presented to ...

— The Reign of Andrew Jackson • Frederic Austin Ogg

... far from other children she was never lonesome, for she had many friends and playmates in the wild creatures of the wood. The gentle, soft eyed deer would feed from her hand, and the wild birds would come at her musical call; for she knew their language and ...

— Denslow's Three Bears • W.W. Denslow

... Lanceys had us to the house for bowls and cricket, which the ladies joined, spoiling it somewhat for my taste; and we played golf at Mr. Lispenard's, which presently lost all charm for me, as Elsin Grey remained at the pavilion and touched no club, neither wood nor iron, save to beat the devil's tattoo upon the grass and smile into the bold eyes ...

— The Reckoning • Robert W. Chambers

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