touchwood

2 definitions found

touchwood - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Touchwood \Touch"wood`\, n. [Probably for tachwood; OE. tache
     tinder (of uncertain origin) + wood.]
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     1. Wood so decayed as to serve for tinder; spunk, or punk.
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     2. Dried fungi used as tinder; especially, the Polyporus  igniarius
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touchwood - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  touchwood
      n 1: material for starting a fire [syn: kindling, tinder,
           touchwood, spunk, punk]