Meanings
nounpitchwood (uncountable)
- uncountableResinous conifer wood.
He arose, thrust a piece of pitch-wood into the ground, and a fire burst out.
1918, James George Frazer, Folk-Lore In The Old Testament, volume 1, page 241 more example
The old stumps were yet in a good state of preservation. The resinous exudations had converted them and their old roots into solid masses of pitchwood and left them as monuments of a most interesting past.
1909, William Armistead, Reminiscences: Incidents in the Life of a Pioneer in Oregon and Idaho, page 193
Origin
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