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chunk1 (also chunk of fire) noun A burning coal, the burning end of a piece of wood. [DARE labels this usage “chiefly South Midland”]
1867 Harris Sut Lovingood 97f-g I know’d that I hed planted a big skeer an that hit would bar fruit afore moon down, so I jist snatched up a chunk ove fire ofen the hath an toch off the powder onder the tail ove the ole hoss. 1940 Still River of Earth 198 A chunk of fire burned in the grate. 1958 GSMNP-110:34 The big chunks burnt out, and it looked like a small spark wouldn’t catch. 1977 Shackelford et al Our Appalachia 70 If for any reason the fire [went] out I would have to go a mile or so to get fire, what we call “borrowing fire.” Now a lovely [saying] came out of that: “Well, what’d you come for, a chunk of fire?” If you’d come for a chunk of fire you’d dash right off to get that fire back home and preserve it so that you could start your fire for cooking.
chunk2 verb To throw, cast.
1948 Chase Grandfather Tales 100 They chunked some rocks at him, knocked him down. 1974 Fink Bits Mt Speech 4 Chunk me the ball. 1992 Davis Jack Tales 74 All night long there would be old boys whistling from the yard, chunking little rocks on top of the house, even peeking on the windows, trying to get that girl to come out of the house so they could court her for a little while.