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Touchwood

Touchwood Meaning & Definition
Touchwood Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Touchwood?

[n] material for starting a fire

Synonyms | Synonyms for Touchwood: kindling | punk | spunk | tinder

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See Also | igniter | ignitor | lighter

Touchwood In Webster's Dictionary

\Touch"wood`\, n. [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}.

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