tinder-boxn.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtinder-box.

a. A box in which tinder was kept (also usually the flint and steel with which the spark was struck, and sometimes the brimstone matches with which the flame was raised).

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > material for igniting > [noun] > container or holder for tinder or matches

tinder-box1530

firebox1555

tinder1570

linstock1575

funk horn1673

spunk-box1721

phosphorus box1792

light box1816

spunk-flask1835

match-bottle1839

matchbox1853

match-pot1856

match-safe1860

punk-box1862

match-stand1873

match holder1884

book1899

safety box1902

matchbook1937

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 283/2 Tunder boxe, boytte de fusil.

1582 in R. Hakluyt Diuers Voy. sig. I4^v Tinder boxes with Steele, flint, and matches, and tinder.

1612 Sc. Bk. Rates in Halyburton's Ledger (1867) 291 Boxes called fyre or tunder boxes the groce iiii li.

1695 J. Collier Misc. upon Moral Subj. 79 One would think we might..with a good Flint and Steel, strike Consciousness into a Tinder-box.

1761 D. Dumaresque in Philos. Trans. 1759 (Royal Soc.) 51 485 They make use of a wooden machine (instead of a tinder-box), to light fire with.

1836 F. Marryat Japhet II. xxiii. 221 I..found a tinder-box. I struck a light.

c1840–5 Tunder-box (in use in N. Lincolnsh.).

1893 C. G. Leland Memoirs I. 47 The use of the tinderbox and brim~stone was universal.

b. figurative. A thing or person likened to a tinder-box, esp. as being very ‘inflammable’ or a source of heated strife.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > [noun] > irascible person

wasp1496

shit-fire1598

flesh-pistol1608

tinder-box1608

touchwood1617

Tartar1669

touch and go1675

spitfire1684

vengeance1712

spunkie1821

pepperbox1822

tempest1852

pepperer1864

gingersnap1889

pepperpot1894

spit-cat1898

spit kitten1912

slow burner1930

fireball1931

pop-off1938

1608 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 113 Hvff-pufft ambition, Tinder-box of War, Downfall of Angels, Adam's murderer.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) i. iii. 22 I am glad I am so acquit of this Tinderbox [1602 tinder Boy] .

1839 J. MacDonald in Tweedie Life (1849) iv. 335 The tinder-box of mortality within me may at any moment take fire.

1897 Cycl. Rev. Current Hist. (U.S.) 7 313 One of the chief danger-points in Europe, a veritable tinder-box.

Compounds

attributive and in other combinations.

ΚΠ

a1704 T. Brown Lett. to Gentlemen & Ladies in 3rd Vol. Wks. (1708) ii. 107 A Couple of Tinderbox-cryers.

1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xxix. 379 He struck them together after the true tinder-box fashion.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

单词	tinder-box
释义	tinder-boxn. Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtinder-box. a. A box in which tinder was kept (also usually the flint and steel with which the spark was struck, and sometimes the brimstone matches with which the flame was raised). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > material for igniting > [noun] > container or holder for tinder or matches tinder-box1530 firebox1555 tinder1570 linstock1575 funk horn1673 spunk-box1721 phosphorus box1792 light box1816 spunk-flask1835 match-bottle1839 matchbox1853 match-pot1856 match-safe1860 punk-box1862 match-stand1873 match holder1884 book1899 safety box1902 matchbook1937 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 283/2 Tunder boxe, boytte de fusil. 1582 in R. Hakluyt Diuers Voy. sig. I4^v Tinder boxes with Steele, flint, and matches, and tinder. 1612 Sc. Bk. Rates in Halyburton's Ledger (1867) 291 Boxes called fyre or tunder boxes the groce iiii li. 1695 J. Collier Misc. upon Moral Subj. 79 One would think we might..with a good Flint and Steel, strike Consciousness into a Tinder-box. 1761 D. Dumaresque in Philos. Trans. 1759 (Royal Soc.) 51 485 They make use of a wooden machine (instead of a tinder-box), to light fire with. 1836 F. Marryat Japhet II. xxiii. 221 I..found a tinder-box. I struck a light. c1840–5 Tunder-box (in use in N. Lincolnsh.). 1893 C. G. Leland Memoirs I. 47 The use of the tinderbox and brim~stone was universal. b. figurative. A thing or person likened to a tinder-box, esp. as being very ‘inflammable’ or a source of heated strife. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > [noun] > irascible person wasp1496 shit-fire1598 flesh-pistol1608 tinder-box1608 touchwood1617 Tartar1669 touch and go1675 spitfire1684 vengeance1712 spunkie1821 pepperbox1822 tempest1852 pepperer1864 gingersnap1889 pepperpot1894 spit-cat1898 spit kitten1912 slow burner1930 fireball1931 pop-off1938 1608 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 113 Hvff-pufft ambition, Tinder-box of War, Downfall of Angels, Adam's murderer. a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) i. iii. 22 I am glad I am so acquit of this Tinderbox [1602 tinder Boy] . View more context for this quotation 1839 J. MacDonald in Tweedie Life (1849) iv. 335 The tinder-box of mortality within me may at any moment take fire. 1897 Cycl. Rev. Current Hist. (U.S.) 7 313 One of the chief danger-points in Europe, a veritable tinder-box. Compounds attributive and in other combinations. ΚΠ a1704 T. Brown Lett. to Gentlemen & Ladies in 3rd Vol. Wks. (1708) ii. 107 A Couple of Tinderbox-cryers. 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xxix. 379 He struck them together after the true tinder-box fashion. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < n.1530
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