Definition of “hickory”

He takes each judge in, showing them the pignut hickory that fires the meat, his special blend of seasonings.

He understood wood completely: sheathing, siding, clapboard, cord; walnut, ebony, hickory , beam.

I had hoped for something along the lines of a hickory stick to get him in line, not this sickening sweetness and light.

Land too hilly for cultivation, although the soil is rich; timber, hickory , white oak and walnut; undergrowth pawpaw and spice.

Mum got a shock with hickory, hickory dock; That's life; Letter

She was surprised when I told her it was ` hickory smoked".

That is it in a nutshell," said Piper as she strode on, looking for hickory nuts for her signature nut cracker.

Ultimately we held it like a stretcher between us and hobbled, with agonizing slowness, towards the hickory tree near the fence.

We would experiment with grape vines, hickory , juniper and beech, and imported shavings from a cooperage in South Australia.