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White pine   /waɪt paɪn/   Listen
White pine

noun
1.
Any of several five-needled pines with white wood and smooth usually light grey bark when young; especially the eastern white pine.
2.
Soft white wood of white pine trees.



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"White pine" Quotes from Famous Books



... out on the shores of three of the great lakes, and salt springs of great strength are worked to advantage, near lakes Ontario and Michigan. Timber trees in great variety and of valuable sorts, give a rich border to the shores for thousands of miles. Of these, the white oak, burr oak, white pine, whitewood or tulip tree, white ash, hickory and black walnut, are the most valuable. They are of noble dimensions, and clothe millions of acres with their rich foliage. Nowhere else on the continent are to be seen such abundance ...
— Old Mackinaw - The Fortress of the Lakes and its Surroundings • W. P. Strickland

... else, and I've got the papers to prove it. Sired by Chippewa Chief, and twelve hundred dollars won't buy her. Briggs of Tuolumne owned her. Did you know Briggs of Tuolumne? Busted hisself in White Pine, and blew out ...
— Complete Poetical Works of Bret Harte • Bret Harte

... its monotonous and somewhat rigid form, had disappeared; the white pine became scarce, both being displayed by the slim spires and silvery green of the miniature silver spruce. Valley and canyon were passed, the flaming ranges were left behind, the upper altitudes became grim and mysterious. I crossed a lake on the ice, and then came on a park ...
— A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains • Isabella L. Bird

... some sort in which to keep nails, rivets, screws, etc., instead of leaving them scattered all about the bench. A very easily made cabinet for this purpose is shown in the accompanying illustration. The case may be made of 1/2-in. white pine or white wood of a suitable size to hold the required number of drawers which slide on strips of the same material, cut and dressed 1/2 in. square. The drawers are made of empty cigar boxes of ...
— The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 - 700 Things For Boys To Do • Popular Mechanics



Words linked to "White pine" :   Pinus albicaulis, Pinus strobiformis, silver pine, New Zealand white pine, pine, whitebarked pine, pine tree, Pinus strobus, southwestern white pine, white pine blister rust, whitebark pine, western white pine, weymouth pine, mountain pine, limber pine, true pine, Pinus monticola, Pinus flexilis, American white pine



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