woodsoot

Soot from burnt wood. It is useful as a manure. wood-sorrel, *wood-sore, *wood-sour, *wood sower, s. Botany: The genus Oxalis, spec. O. ace to sell a. [OXALIS.] wood-speck, 8. Ornith.: A local name for a Woodpecker (q. v.). "Of pic us martius the wood-speck, many kinds." Browne : Norfolk Birds . wood-spirit, 8. [METHYLIC-ALCOHOL.] wood-spite, s. Ornith.: A local name for a Woodpecker (q. v.). "The tail consists of ten feathers only, as in Woodspites."-Will ugh by: Ornithology (ed. Ray), p. 145. wood-spurge, s . Bot .: Euphorbia characias , the Upright Red spurge.