Search Details

Word: seedpods (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1987-1987
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...cools by 10 degrees or 15 degrees F. Altitude and breeze and shade. Moses, showing off, undertook to make fire. He found a piece of cedar, planed the top, and with his Masai sime (short sword) bored a starting fire hole. He cut a twirling stick and found the seedpod needed to catch and preserve the fire. Then he and Olentwala set about the rubbing, and soon they had a little smoking seed of flame in Moses' palm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Africa | 2/23/1987 | See Source »

| 1 |