An extemporized and-iron.
1821. In the room of andirons, many families make use of what are here called chunks, which are the two brands of a large forestick, or billets of wood, cut on purpose for this use.—Zerah Hawley, ‘Tour’ [of Ohio, &c.], Jan. 21 (New Haven, 1822, p. 44). (Italics in the original.)
