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cordwood

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cord·wood  (kôrdwd)
n.
1. Wood cut and piled in cords.
2. Wood sold by the cord.
cordwood [ˈkɔːdˌwʊd]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Forestry) wood that has been cut into lengths of four feet so that it can be stacked in cords
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Noun1.cordwood - firewood cut and stacked in cords; wood sold by the cord
firewood - wood used for fuel; "they collected and cut their own firewood"


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The June rise used to be always luck for me; because as soon as that rise begins here comes cordwood float- ing down, and pieces of log rafts -- sometimes a dozen logs together; so all you have to do is to catch them and sell them to the wood-yards and the sawmill.
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Anne was curled up Turk-fashion on the hearthrug, gazing into that joyous glow where the sunshine of a hundred summers was being distilled from the maple cordwood.
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But there's always post-holes to dig, and cordwood to chop, and the climate's fine .
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