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Definitions for Touchwood
ˈtʌtʃˌwʊdtouch·wood
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Princeton's WordNet
kindling, tinder, touchwood, spunk, punknoun
material for starting a fire
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touchwoodnoun
Decayed wood used as tinder; punk
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Touchwoodnoun
Rotten wood used to catch the fire struck from the flint.
Etymology: touch and wood.
A race of resolute stout trees they are, so abounding with metal and heat, that they quickly take fire, and become touchwood. James Howell, Vocal Forest.
To make white powder, the powder of rotten willows is best; spunk, or touchwood prepared might make it russet. Br.
Webster Dictionary
Touchwoodnoun
wood so decayed as to serve for tinder; spunk, or punk
Touchwoodnoun
dried fungi used as tinder; especially, the Polyporus igniarius
Wikidata
Touchwood
Touchwood is a shopping centre in Solihull, West Midlands, United Kingdom.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Touchwood in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Touchwood in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
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