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Definition of Touchwood
1. Noun. Material for starting a fire.
Generic synonyms: Igniter, Ignitor, Lighter
Derivative terms: Kindle
Definition of Touchwood
1. n. Wood so decayed as to serve for tinder; spunk, or punk.
Definition of Touchwood
1. Noun. Decayed wood used as tinder; punk ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Touchwood
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Touchwood
1. 1. Wood so decayed as to serve for tinder; spunk, or punk. 2. Dried fungi used as tinder; especially, the Polyporus igniarius. Origin: Probably for tachwood; OE. Tache tinder (of uncertain origin) + wood. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Touchwood
Literary usage of Touchwood
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The reader's handbook of allusions, references, plots and stories by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1882)
"Uncle of major and Clarissa touchwood. Sophia touchwood, the colonel's daughter,
in love with her cousin, major touchwood. Her father wants her to marry ..."
2. North-west Territory: Reports of Progress : Together with a Preliminary and by Henry Youle Hind (1859)
"touchwood Hill Fort, 16th August.—Arrived at the fort after sunset last evening
... The Little touchwood Hills bear south-east, and have a general direction ..."
3. Report of Progress for by Geological Survey of Canada (1874)
"Little touchwood Hills. From touchwood Hills to Fort Ellice. Sandy plain.
Southern trail Fort Ellice to Fort Garry. Drab s Character of everywhere of a rich ..."
4. The Gallery of Nature and Art; Or a Tour Through Creation and Science by Edward Polehampton, John M. Good (1821)
"touchwood is the common, and we may say generic, name, given to a variety of
substances that easily take fire, as rotten- wood and agaric, some of which ..."
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