Hypertext Webster Gateway: "tinder"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Tinder \Tin"der\, n. [OE. tinder, tunder, AS. tynder, tyndre;
akin to tendan to kindle, D. tonder tinder, G. zunder, OHG.
zuntara, zuntra, Icel. tundr, Sw. tunder, Dan. t["o]nder. See
{Tind}.]
Something very inflammable, used for kindling fire from a
spark, as scorched linen.

{German tinder}. Same as {Amadou}.

{Tinder box}, a box in which tinder is kept.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

tinder
n : material for starting a fire [syn: {kindling}, {touchwood},
{spunk}, {punk}]

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