TOUCHWOOD

kindling, tinder, touchwood, spunk, punk

(noun) material for starting a fire

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

touchwood (uncountable)

Decayed wood used as tinder; punk.

Source: Wiktionary


Touch"wood`, n. Etym: [Probably for tachwood; OE. tache tinder (of uncertain origin) + wood.]

1. Wood so decayed as to serve for tinder; spunk, or punk.

2. Dried fungi used as tinder; especially, the Polyporus igniarius.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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