TOUCHWOOD Definition & Meaning

touchwood

[ tuhch-wood ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

wood converted into an easily ignitible substance by the action of certain fungi, and used as tinder; punk.
Mycology. amadou.

touchwood

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noun

something, esp dry wood or fungus material such as amadou, used as tinder

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of touchwood¹

First recorded in 1570–80; touch + wood ¹

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of touchwood¹

C16: touch (in the sense: to kindle) + wood ¹

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As he lifted his smouldering stick of touchwood and blew on it, he caught sight of me for the first time.

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For an hour I laboured in the making of a torch, which I constructed of touchwood bound about by reeds.

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I will tell you," replied the gipsy, striking a light with a flint and touchwood that he carried; "I will tell you; though you shall soon be able to satisfy yourself.

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Its wooden tenements had caught, and blazed like touchwood.

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Besides the two sorts of touchwood already mentioned, there is another kind of it in those parts, that I think is infinitely preferable to either.

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