1 A puncheon was the flat surface of a split log, smoothed with an ax and pinned to the joists to make the floors of the rude cabins constructed before sawmills were introduced. From Wordnik.com. [With Sabre and Scalpel. The Autobiography of a Soldier and Surgeon] Reference
The table and chairs were made of "puncheon," or slabs of wood, with holes bored under each corner to stick the legs in. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Young Abraham Lincoln] Reference
It was covered with clapboards and furnished with puncheon seats. From Wordnik.com. [The Kentucky Ranger] Reference
But, said Gargantua, will not you be content to pay a puncheon of. From Wordnik.com. [Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel] Reference
He takes my vintage at two hundred francs the puncheon, half down. From Wordnik.com. [Eug�nie Grandet] Reference
The rushes covering the room's puncheon floor needed replacement anyway. From Wordnik.com. [Lord of the Isles] Reference
Larger fish were laid in saltbulk while smaller fish were pickled in puncheon tubs. From Wordnik.com. [Gutenber-e Help Page] Reference
Relating to, containing, or possessing land; attached to, bound to, or arising from the land. puncheon. From Wordnik.com. [Sergeant York And His People] Reference
He stared at the puncheon floor, noting the grain of the old wood as if it were a matter of great importance. From Wordnik.com. [The Lightkeeper]
His body was a wine-pipe, or a rum-puncheon, or something of that character, and had a truly Falstaffian air. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-12-01] Reference
A puncheon shelf to put my trunk under, and the furniture placed, made a home that I was more than satisfied with. From Wordnik.com. [Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History] Reference
Finding out that she had her pies hidden under the puncheon floor, he raised a plank and proceeded to help himself. From Wordnik.com. [Trials and Triumphs of Faith] Reference
Like an old rum puncheon whose staves are all marked and numbered he will be raised and put together again by his Maker. From Wordnik.com. [Quaint Epitaphs] Reference
The bows of the vessel resembled the side of a tub, and the stern the end of a puncheon cut through the centre lengthways. From Wordnik.com. [Young Lion of the Woods A Story of Early Colonial Days] Reference
Grimes, after drinking his fill, had overturned the unheaded puncheon, and the greedy sand had absorbed every drop of liquor. From Wordnik.com. [For the term of his natural life] Reference
When water had to be transported over a long distance, women carried buckets with the assistance of a hoop from a puncheon tub. From Wordnik.com. [Gutenber-e Help Page] Reference
"How about those two last sealskins we didn't salt down, or pack up with the rest in the puncheon?" enquired Fritz with a smile. From Wordnik.com. [Fritz and Eric The Brother Crusoes] Reference
It is written particularly vpon the head of euery puncheon: and the nete weight of the fatte of almonds is 500 li. two quarters. From Wordnik.com. [The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation] Reference
The puncheon floor was worn smooth with use and over it was a polished glow from the care of cleanliness, showing purity was there. From Wordnik.com. [Sergeant York And His People] Reference
Back and forth in the puncheon-floored kitchen trudged old Dilsey Rust's heavy-shod foot, carrying her upon the appointed tasks of the day. From Wordnik.com. [Judith of the Cumberlands] Reference
November, but a little fire is pleasant, throwing its cheerful light on a room rough from puncheon floor to axe-hewn rafters, but cleanly-tidy in its very roughness. From Wordnik.com. [The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills] Reference
The table was a hewed puncheon supported by four legs. From Wordnik.com. [Lectures and Essays] Reference
This projected about a foot, and a puncheon roof was put over that. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Alaskans on the Missouri] Reference
I watched the bar of sunlight slowly move over the rough puncheon floor. From Wordnik.com. [A Virginia Scout] Reference
"Indeed, then it must be a whole puncheon -- that will last a long while.". From Wordnik.com. [The Little Savage] Reference
Rum forever ... special thanks to black n white, royal oak and puncheon rum. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Chavez Suspends radio-TV Program During Campaign] Reference
She gravely accorded it, and pattered nimbly across the puncheon floor to the bed. From Wordnik.com. ['way Down In Lonesome Cove 1895] Reference
The non-age Yamazaki puncheon has been aged in 488-litre puncheon casks made at the. From Wordnik.com. [Beverage news - from just-drinks.com] Reference
As cautiously as possible we removed several of the puncheon slabs next to the wall. From Wordnik.com. [A Virginia Scout] Reference
This trigger was a part of the prop under the puncheon and gave way at the slightest jar. From Wordnik.com. [Far Past the Frontier] Reference
The man at the door dropped back to the puncheon floor, announcing: "All clear at my end.". From Wordnik.com. [A Virginia Scout] Reference
All that night she silently walked the puncheon floor, while the rest of the household slept. From Wordnik.com. [His "Day In Court" 1895] Reference
A tiny cabin was built for Françoise, with the luxuries of a puncheon floor and one glazed window. From Wordnik.com. [The Cursed Patois From "Mackinac And Lake Stories", 1899] Reference
The puncheon floor was grimy -- the feet that curiosity had led hither brought much red clay mire upon them. From Wordnik.com. [A Chilhowee Lily 1911] Reference
Then I set my lantern on the puncheon floor and stepped outside, closing the hatchet-battered door behind me. From Wordnik.com. [The Hidden Children] Reference
The house was a typical pioneer cabin, with a puncheon floor, which was uneven, dirty, and splotched with grease. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865] Reference
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