It is reddish, smooth, close-grained, and rather heavy.
It was, or appeared to be, of ebony, or some such close-grained black wood, and was bound in every direction with flat bands of iron.
The hard, close-grained timber requires days of hewing and sawing to get it severed.
The stone of which this was composed was of a whitish cast, close-grained and hard, but not heavy.
The wood is white, close-grained, tough, and light.
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The cask is made of veryclose-grainedoak.
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In addition, the wood is hard, heavy,close-grained, can take a high polish, and repels dry wood termites.
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The wood is dark orange brown, heavy, hard,close-grained, with a density of 0.7303.
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It has a reddish-brownclose-grainedtimber that is soft but hard and brittle when dry.
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The wood is reddish brown, with paler sapwood; it is heavy, hard, andclose-grained, and will take a high polish.
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The wood, which is soft andclose-grained, is not sawn into lumber, but is used to a limited extent for firewood and wood carving.
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The wood is brown, hard,close-grained, and heavy.
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The wood is light reddish brown, sapwood nearly white; heavy, hard,close-grained, with a density of 0.68.
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This heartwood is extremelyclose-grainedand almost black, resembling ebony (of which it is not a true variety).
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The wood is dark brown, hard andclose-grained.
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Its wood is bright reddish brown (with the sapwood nearly white) and may have black grain in the heartwood; it is heavy, straight, satiny, andclose-grained, but not strong.
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