dried, decayed wood or dried fungus used as tinder
Origin of touchwood
uncertain or unknown; perhaps altered (infl. by touch) from Middle English tachetouchwood
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touchwood
noun
Material, such as decayed wood, that is used as tinder; punk.
Origin of touchwood
From its being easy to igniteTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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