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• TINDER (O. Eng. tyndre, from tindan, tendan, to kindle, cf. Dan. tonder, Ger. anzunden)

TINDER (O. Eng. tyndre, from tindan, tendan, to kindle, cf. See also:

• DAN

Dan. tonder, Ger. anzunden)  , a See also:

• TERM

term applied to any dry substance that will readily take See also:

• LIGHT

light from a spark and so be used for kindling a See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire . Before the invention of matches (see MATCH) fire or light was procured by the ignition of See also:

• TINDER (O. Eng. tyndre, from tindan, tendan, to kindle, cf. Dan. tonder, Ger. anzunden)

tinder through See also:

• SPARKS, JARED (1789-1866)

sparks obtained by the striking of See also:

• FLINT
• FLINT, AUSTIN (1812-1886)
• FLINT, or FLTNTSHTRE (sir Gallestr)
• FLINT, ROBERT (1838- )
• FLINT, TIMOTHY (1780-1840)

flint against See also:

• STEEL, FLORA ANNIE (1847– )

steel, the whole apparatus of tinder, flint and steel being contained in a See also:

• METAL
• METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)

metal See also:

• BOX
• BOX (Gr. irl or, Lat. buxus, box-wood; cf. 2r6Eir, a pyx)

box, which was an essential utensil of all households and was also carried on the See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person of everyone who might require a light in an emergency . The usual material of " tinder " was a See also:

• MASS (O.E. maesse; Fr. messe; Ger. Messe; Ital. messa; from eccl. Lat. missa)
• MASS, IN

mass of charred See also:

• LINEN

linen, but the term was also applied to " touchwood," or See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood converted into an easily ignitible consistency by the See also:

• ACTION

action of certain See also:

• FUNGI (p1. of Lat. fungus, a mushroom)

fungi . Another See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of " tinder " was " touchpaper," See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper dipped in See also:

• NITRE

nitre and used as a slow-match for igniting See also:

• GUNPOWDER

gunpowder . In both these words " See also:

• TOUCH (derived through Fr. toucher from a common Teutonic and Indo-Germanic root, cf. " tug," " tuck," O. H. Ger. zucchen, to twitch or draw)

touch " stands for an earlier tack, Cache or tasshe, tinder, of which the origin is unknown . It may be related to Du. tak, bough, twig, and would thus mean dried twigs used as tinder .