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touchwood |
2 definitions found 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 1.6 [wn]: touchwood n : material for starting a fire [syn: {kindling}, {tinder}, {spunk}, {punk}]
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