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n. - Material for starting a fire.

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  • Accidentally looking back, he found that his footmarks, as far as he could see, shone with a phosphoric light like that of "touchwood" in the dark.
  • January 16th, 2007 at 9: 41 pm subhan allahhh @@All the babies are soooooo chweet and chubby cheeks, touchwood pavankumar Says:
  • With all his might he kicked at the sides of the rift, and by that means broke away several pieces of the rotten touchwood.
  • The weakest heat of all, I think, is that from tinder, such as we use to kindle flame with; and in like manner that of touchwood or tow, which is used in firing cannon.
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