Yes; but they won't go straight with nicks in 'em.
"Winter Fun"
William O. Stoddard
This was the place where the young shoemaker, belonging to the race of Shanks, had been scared so sadly that he lost his sweetheart, some two years and a half ago; and this was the tree that had been loved by painters, especially the conscientious Sharples, a pupil of Romney, who studied the nicks and the tricks of the bole, and the many fantastic frets of time, with all the loving care which ensured the truth of his simple and powerful portraits.
"Springhaven A Tale of the Great War"
R. D. Blackmore
Ef I only hed my rifle hyar-durn the luck hevin' to desart that gun-I ked show you nine nicks on her timmer as stan' for nine Tenawa Kimanch.
"The Lone Ranche"
Captain Mayne Reid