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English Dictionary: touchwood by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
touchwood
n
  1. material for starting a fire [syn: kindling, tinder, touchwood, spunk, punk]
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}.
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