Noun
green wood (plural green woods)
Alternative form of greenwood.
green-wood (plural green-woods)
Alternative form of greenwood.
green-wood
2683. Have a Care of him that is slow to anger, for like as green Wood which is long in kindling, continueth hot longer than the dry, if it have once taken Fire : So that Man, who is not easily moved is more hard to be pacify'd, than he that is quickly provoked. Thomas Fuller (writer)
A young wife, new bread, and green wood devastate a house. Dutch Proverb
One piece of green wood is enough to stop the others from burning. Bahaya Proverb
One piece of green wood is enough to stop the others from burning. African Proverb
Landscaped cemeteries, such as Mount Auburn ( Cambridge, Massachusetts ) and Green-Wood ( Brooklyn, New York ) had set examples of idyllic, naturalistic landscapes. Source: Internet
Jean-Michel Basquiat Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York Basquiat lived at 57 Great Jones in downtown Manhattan from 1983-1988, where he died. Source: Internet