"Punky" Quotes from Famous Books
... Hit the knot a lick with the pole of the axe and generally it will yield; if you must chop, cut deep to get it all and to save the axe edge. The knots of old dead balsams are similarly used. Usually a dead stump of pine, spruce, or balsam, all punky on the outside, has a core very rich in ... — Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts • Girl Scouts
... is. Stepped on some punky, rotten wood above there, that must have given way under his weight, and our fine chum shot down into the hollow trunk of the ... — The Outdoor Chums on the Gulf • Captain Quincy Allen |