Any dry inflammable substance that readily takes fire from a spark and burns or smoulders; esp. that prepared from partially charred linen and from…
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释义 | society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > material for igniting > [noun] > touch-wood-paper (12) tindera700 Any dry inflammable substance that readily takes fire from a spark and burns or smoulders; esp. that prepared from partially charred linen and from… tache1393 Touch-wood, tinder. toucha1500 Tinder, esp. in the form of touchwood; (also) priming powder (cf. touch-powder, n.). Also in figurative contexts. Obsolete. kindlinga1522 Originally Scottish. Flammable material (typically small pieces of wood or paper) used in lighting a fire. In North American usage occasionally in p… touchwood1575 Tinder in the form of powdery or spongy wood from trees affected by fungal rot, or of a preparation made from the fruiting bodies of certain… spunk1582 Touchwood; tinder, match, or amadou prepared from this. matchwood1597 †(a) touchwood (obsolete); (b) light wood of poor quality, suitable for making into matchsticks; (c) very small pieces or splinters of wood. lint1612 A soft material for dressing wounds (formerly also to burn for tinder), prepared by ravelling or scraping linen cloth. †In plural, pieces of this… funk1673 Touchwood; (also) a bracket fungus from which a form of this is made. Cf. punk, n.3 1a, spunk, n. 2. firelighter1771 A material or substance for lighting a fire; (in later use) esp. a small block of wax or other flammable material that has been impregnated with a… saltpetre paper1832 = touchpaper, n. match-paper1883 touchpaper or other paper soaked in a flammable solution. |
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