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. From Wordnik.com. [After London Or, Wild England] Reference
January 16th, 2007 at 9: 41 pm subhan allahhh @@All the babies are soooooo chweet and chubby cheeks, touchwood pavankumar Says. From Wordnik.com. [Newborn Baby Hedgehogs] Reference
With all his might he kicked at the sides of the rift, and by that means broke away several pieces of the rotten touchwood. From Wordnik.com. [The Romantic Adventures of a Milkmaid] Reference
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. From Wordnik.com. [The New Organon] Reference
"It's as dry as touchwood and will burn like wildfire!". From Wordnik.com. [The Cryptogram A Story of Northwest Canada] Reference
Sometimes a small dead birch contains in the waterproof envelope of its bark a species of powdery, dry touchwood that takes the flame readily. From Wordnik.com. [The Forest] Reference
Within the very mouth of the narrow pass they came upon a small ship hollowed out of a tree gigantic, but it was rotten and dry as touchwood, and wasting into dust. From Wordnik.com. [A Child's Book of Saints] Reference
Phil, there is no occasion to go off like touchwood; 't is not as thee thinks. From Wordnik.com. [Janice Meredith] Reference
He seized the dry stick again and scraped off another little pile of touchwood. From Wordnik.com. [The Last of the Chiefs A Story of the Great Sioux War] Reference
"So be it," said the others; and Amelia wore the touchwood hat, and went up with them to the Mary Meads. From Wordnik.com. [The Brownies and Other Tales] Reference
Hobson again had recourse to his flint, and with the aid of some lighted touchwood consulted the needle of his compass very carefully. From Wordnik.com. [The Fur Country] Reference
Then reluctantly he followed his silent companion to the mouth of the tunnel-like cavern, where a bigger piece of touchwood was lit, and they commenced the return journey. From Wordnik.com. [First in the Field A Story of New South Wales] Reference
The rains had imparted a phosphorescence to the pieces of touchwood and rotting leaves that lay about her path, which, as scattered by her feet, spread abroad like spilt milk. From Wordnik.com. [The Woodlanders] Reference
When we saw the fragment it looked mostly like tinder, or touchwood, 'eld-gamall,' stone-old, as the Icelanders say. From Wordnik.com. [To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I] Reference
He had a watch upon him, some touchwood, some tinder, some slow matches; and there was a dark lantern with a candle in it, lighted, behind the door. From Wordnik.com. [A Child's History of England] Reference
It is at once over solid and ricketty: room for the storage of books is wanted, and its wooden staircases, like touchwood or tinder, give one the shudders to think of fire. From Wordnik.com. [Arabian nights. English] Reference
Unfortunately (touchwood) it doesn't, it is one of an older generation so less breakdowns. From Wordnik.com. [CR4 - Recent Forum Threads and Blog Entries] Reference
'Thunderbird' but so far i haven't had any problems with data loss, (touchwood). From Wordnik.com. [The Portable Freeware Collection] Reference
Thanks for Positive news … cant wait for tuesday, touchwood. .common arsenal common …. From Wordnik.com. [Soccer Blogs - latest posts] Reference
An idea, form, model or pat - I ly, tinder or touchwood. From Wordnik.com. [Archaeologia Britannica, giving some account additional to what has been hitherto publish'd, of the languages, histories and customs of the original inhabitants of Great Britain: : from collections and observations in travels through Wales, Cornwal, Bas-Bretagne, Ireland and Scotland.] Reference
“the scrog branch first, for it must become rotten ere it become touchwood — ha, ha, ha! — you take me.”. From Wordnik.com. [Saint Ronan's Well] Reference
And your mother, who was a prudent woman as dry as a chip, just dwindled away like touchwood after you and Judy were born -- you are an old pig. From Wordnik.com. [Bleak House] Reference
If my concentration breaks, we'll both go up like touchwood. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Silicon Mage]
I say, what do you think of a tin box in a hollow tree in the Park, where you can bury it in the touchwood when you go to feed the ducks? ". From Wordnik.com. [In Honour's Cause A Tale of the Days of George the First] Reference
"I will make her a hat of touchwood," said the old dwarf, "so that even if she is seen it will look like a will-o'-the-wisp bobbing up and down. From Wordnik.com. [The Brownies and Other Tales] Reference
"Scrogie touchwood, if you please," said the senior; "the scrog branch first, for it must become rotten ere it become touchwood -- ha, ha, ha!. From Wordnik.com. [St. Ronan's Well] Reference
"Last year was simply fantastic and, touchwood, this year is the same. From Wordnik.com. [ApunKaChoice.com] Reference
There, I can feel the touchwood. From Wordnik.com. [Crown and Sceptre A West Country Story] Reference
'But he's rotten as touchwood by now.'. From Wordnik.com. [Tess of the d'Urbervilles] Reference
Raking in that millenial touchwood-dust. From Wordnik.com. [Enoch Arden & c.] Reference
Less grain than touchwood, while my honest heat. From Wordnik.com. [The Princess] Reference
(touchwood ffs). From Wordnik.com. [Soccer Blogs - latest posts] Reference
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