Hypertext Webster Gateway: "touchwood"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Touchwood \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}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
touchwood
n : material for starting a fire [syn: {kindling}, {tinder}, {spunk},
{punk}]
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