Definition of tinder

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Tinder (n.) Something very inflammable, used for kindling fire from a spark, as scorched linen..

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Touch-box :: Touch-box (n.) A box containing lighted tinder, formerly carried by soldiers who used matchlocks, to kindle the match..
Touchwood :: Touchwood (n.) Dried fungi used as tinder; especially, the Polyporus igniarius..
Punk :: Punk (n.) An artificial tinder. See Amadou, and Spunk..
Tinder :: Tinder (n.) Something very inflammable, used for kindling fire from a spark, as scorched linen..
Punk :: Punk (n.) Wood so decayed as to be dry, crumbly, and useful for tinder; touchwood..
Monk :: Monk (n.) A piece of tinder made of agaric, used in firing the powder hose or train of a mine..
Touchwood :: Touchwood (n.) Wood so decayed as to serve for tinder; spunk, or punk..
Amadou :: Amadou (n.) A spongy, combustible substance, prepared from fungus (Boletus and Polyporus) which grows on old trees; German tinder; punk. It has been employed as a styptic by surgeons, but its common use is as tinder, for which purpose it is prepared by soaking it in a strong solution of niter..
Punk :: Punk (n.) A fungus (Polyporus fomentarius, etc.) sometimes dried for tinder; agaric..
Spunk :: Spunk (n.) Wood that readily takes fire; touchwood; also, a kind of tinder made from a species of fungus; punk; amadou..
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