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n. - Light easily worked wood of a tulip tree.

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Usage examples (28)
  • In large lots lumber is ordered thus: 800 '(B. M.) whitewood, dressed
  • Fig. 276 (A) shows another method that answers well for soft woods such as pine, American whitewood and satin walnut.
  • At the back, where the lowest stairs protruded into the room, the boy sat struggling with a knife and a piece of whitewood.
  • As a rule, these puzzles should be made in hardwood, such as dark walnut or beech, as in whitewood the joints are soon liable to wear.
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