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Hard wood

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wood of a solid or hard texture; as walnut, oak, ash, box, and the like, in distinction from pine, poplar, hemlock, etc.

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Happily for him, Pinocchio was made of very hard wood and the knives broke into a thousand pieces.
The Adventures Of Pinocchio by Collodi, Carlo View in context
The hard wood of the bow was extremely tough and this, with the strength and elasticity of my new string, gave me unwonted confidence in my weapon.
At the Earth's Core by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
Some wore a corselet of pieces of hard wood laced together with bear grass, so as to form a light coat of mail, pliant to the body; and a kind of casque of cedar bark, leather, and bear grass, sufficient to protect the head from an arrow or war club.
Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context
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