Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The gray pine, Pinus divaricata.

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Examples

  • He was forced to slow down as he wound through the sparse jack-pine forest that surrounded the marsh.

    Dance Of Death Preston, Douglas 2005

  • Herself she blamed for trying to carve intaglios in good wholesome jack-pine.

    Main Street 2004

  • Thus reinforced he continued to put the leagues behind him till night, when he slept under a convenient jack-pine.

    The Black Buccaneer 1934

  • In the dim light of dawn Bill picked his way up through the jack-pine flat.

    North of Fifty-Three Bertrand W. Sinclair 1926

  • They sat on the bowlder for a few minutes, then scrambled downhill to the jack-pine flat, and built their evening fire.

    North of Fifty-Three Bertrand W. Sinclair 1926

  • High in the air he bucked, swapping ends like a flash, and landing with all four feet "on a dollar," his legs stiff as jack-pine posts.

    The Texan A Story of the Cattle Country 1921

  • The jack-pine shadows reached far into the clearing as Oskar fastened on his skis and headed back along the tote-road.

    The Challenge of the North 1921

  • Herself she blamed for trying to carve intaglios in good wholesome jack-pine.

    Main Street 1920

  • He scolded himself for permitting her intrusion, and turned his mind to the mellow fields where he would follow the plough until the sun dipped into the Rockies, And then he would turn the horses loose for food and rest, and in the shack the jack-pine knots would be frying in the kitchen stove, and the little table would be set, and

    The Homesteaders A Novel of the Canadian West Robert J. C. Stead 1919

  • Herself she blamed for trying to carve intaglios in good wholesome jack-pine.

    Main Street Sinclair Lewis 1918

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