If hickory is too strong for your taste, mix it with some oak. From Wordnik.com. [Smoke Signals: A wood primer] Reference
And almost on denim hickory is favored for similar properties. From Wordnik.com. [Minimates Star | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles] Reference
His shirt was of the kind called hickory, and his leggins were of red woollen stuff. From Wordnik.com. [A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872] Reference
And there in the hickory was another crow with the same bright, flashing thing in his beak. From Wordnik.com. [Ways of Wood Folk] Reference
As I thought about it, given a good enough tree, it seemed to me the hickory was the greatest one we could grow. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-Fifth Annual Meeting Battle Creek, Michigan, September 10 and 11, 1934] Reference
The Weiker hickory, which is a cross between shagbark (Carya ovata) and shellbark (C. laciniosa) hickories, ripens completely each season. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report 1943] Reference
Agatha discovers delicious coffee with a new flavour: "hickory". From Wordnik.com. [Simon Hoggart's week: Creepy and silly, but Mandelson is never boring] Reference
MR. BIXBY: Then there is one other nut the big shell bark hickory which is a native of the Mississippi Valley, which has been planted in. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 13th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. September, 7, 8 and 9, 1922] Reference
For a subtle effect, use a long-burning wood, such as hickory or cherry. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Travel was changed this decade by technology, terrorism and the rise of cruising] Reference
The soiled cuffs of an ill-fitting "hickory" shirt came down over his wrists. From Wordnik.com. [The Rose in the Ring] Reference
Further hard and flexible woods, such as hickory or maple, are besides used to make bats. From Wordnik.com. [ReadABlog.com New Blogs and RSS Feeds] Reference
Barbecue briquettes and hardwood products, such as hickory and maple burn at lower temperatures than softwood (pine) chips. From Wordnik.com. [Medlogs - Recent stories] Reference
He scrapes, sands and builds floors using natural wood such as hickory and maple -- often using his favorite 1940s-era planer. From Wordnik.com. [Home] Reference
I had rather have met half a dozen slave catchers in an open field, if my old "hickory" had been in my hand and my limbs sound and free. From Wordnik.com. [Narrative and Writings of Andrew Jackson, of Kentucky; Containing an Account of His Birth, and Twenty-Six Years of His Life While a Slave; His Escape; Five Years of Freedom, Together with Anecdotes Relating to Slavery; Journal of One Year's Travels; Sketches, etc. Narrated by Himself; Written by a Friend.] Reference
HANSEN: … that you know, cooked over hickory logs. From Wordnik.com. [A Visit with Jazz Legend Marian McPartland] Reference
This is our experience with hickory varieties so far. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950] Reference
No one laments the days of hickory skis and rope tows. From Wordnik.com. [The Corporate Moguls Play Musical Chairlifts] Reference
Two bushels of hickory nuts would be worth a fortune now. From Wordnik.com. [The Biography of a Rabbit] Reference
Overalls and a hickory shirt constitute his entire outfit. From Wordnik.com. [If You Don't Write Fiction] Reference
Where the hickory boughs are bending 'neath an extra heavy load. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Hanging Fork and Other Poems] Reference
Neither does it cover all or near all, of the top-rate hickory varieties. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950] Reference
As an added bonus, your home will smell like hickory-smoked pork for a week. From Wordnik.com. [Charlie Harris: The Pork Whisperer: Allan Benton of Benton's Country Ham] Reference
A hickory back log, and good oak-wood answered her purpose quite well enough. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Homestead] Reference
Today, prominent chefs are absolutely smitten with Benton's hickory-smoked pork. From Wordnik.com. [Charlie Harris: The Pork Whisperer: Allan Benton of Benton's Country Ham] Reference
The hickory is much better, and the pecan is even later in respect to vegetation. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950] Reference
There are also hand-hewn hickory hardwood floors, an elevator and seven fireplaces. From Wordnik.com. [Homes with saltwater pools] Reference
MacDANIELS: The first paper after recess has to do with the varieties of hickory nuts. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950] Reference
Here's a recipe: take one cup hickory sauce, one cup of honey, and a cup of brown sugar. From Wordnik.com. [Saucy Secrets] Reference
So at Virginia Tech, pizza is cooked over hickory wood that the university splits itself. From Wordnik.com. [The Educated Palate: Colleges Expel Mystery Meat] Reference
Mom loved the Bean with Bacon soup; the hickory smell reminded her of camping with her brother, she said. From Wordnik.com. [One by One] Reference
These flavored the air with salt and hickory, which did not mix with other untidy odors of body odor, sewage, and perfume. From Wordnik.com. [The Time Broker] Reference
Just so long as it lets me look at the stars, breath the fresh air, and smell burning hickory logs from the nearby campfire. From Wordnik.com. [Diary of a Dead Man (A Novella Excerpt)] Reference
Start an indirect, wood-supplemented fire, with fire on one side of the grill (using wood chips such as oak, pecan, hickory). From Wordnik.com. [Smoke Signals: Vegetarians get sauced, too] Reference
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