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''Scheitholz'' is a German term for any log sections that have been split lengthways with an axe or log splitter and that are primarily used for

firewood Firewood is any wooden material that is gathered and used for fuel. Generally, firewood is not highly processed and is in some sort of recognizable log or branch form, compared to other forms of wood fuel like pellets or chips. Firewood c ...

or the manufacture of

wood shingle Wood shingles are thin, tapered pieces of wood primarily used to cover roofs and walls of buildings to protect them from the weather. Historically shingles, also known as shakes, were split from straight grained, knot free ''bolts'' of wood. T ...

s. The individual pieces of timber are called ''Holzscheite'' (obs.: ''Holzscheiter''), derived from the

Old High German Old High German (OHG; german: Althochdeutsch (Ahd.)) is the earliest stage of the German language, conventionally covering the period from around 750 to 1050. There is no standardised or supra-regional form of German at this period, and Old High ...

word ''scît'' = "piece". ''Scheitholz'' boilers are used to burn quantities of ''Scheithölzer''. The expression ''"auf Scheitholz knien''" ("to kneel on ''scheitholz'') was a disciplinary measure used in times when

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was still permitted.c.f. Anonymus: ''Hat der Schulmeister Brod? oder Ich bin Schulpatron'', Text eines Lustspiels, Prague and Leipzig by Caspar Widtmann 1786
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Very thinly split timber is also called ''Spanholz'' or ''Span'', roughly the same as long-fibred wood chips or wood shavings, which may also be a waste by-product of the processes of

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hewing In woodworking, hewing is the process of converting a log from its rounded natural form into lumber (timber) with more or less flat surfaces using primarily an axe. It is an ancient method, and before the advent of the industrial-era type o ...

wood. ''Span'' may also refer, however, to long-fibred slips or slices of wood especially of poplar and other softwoods, which are used to make wooden punnets and fruit or vegetable

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