Forestick
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
The front stick lying on the andirons in a wood fire.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
Front stick of a hearth fire.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
The
front
stick
of a
fire
in a
hearth
.
Word Usage
"These are occasionally brought into higher relief by the white flashes, as the boys throw handfuls of hickory shavings onto the forestick, or punch the back log with the long iron peel, while wishing they had as"
Same Context
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