The bows are small, but made of good elastic wood; the arrows are formed of small reeds, the points furnished with a well-wrought piece of bone, and a double barb, which is steeped in a potent poison of a resiny appearance.
"The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies"
Robert Gordon Latham
They passed on now over land comparatively level, the soft, fragrant needles yielding under their feet, the tall cone-like trees diffusing their resiny, pungent odor.
"Tom Slade with the Boys Over There"
Percy K. Fitzhugh
The air was laden with a pungent odor, accentuated by the recent storm, and the damp, resiny fragrance was like a bracing tonic to the fugitives, bidding them welcome to these silent, unfrequented depths.
"Tom Slade with the Boys Over There"
Percy K. Fitzhugh