Touchwood
61Old Man On His Back Plateau — is a small plateau in Southwestern Saskatchewan, Canada, southeast of the Hamlet of Robsart, Saskatchewan in an area known as the Old Man On His Back Prairie and Heritage Conservation Area .[1] Contents 1 History 2 Statistics …
62fuel — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Combustible material Nouns 1. fuel, firing, combustible; inflammable, burnable; ignite; fossil fuel; solar, nuclear, etc. energy. See heat, power. 2. peat, turf; [bituminous, soft, anthracite, hard,… …
63tinder — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. touchwood, punk, amadou. See fuel. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. touchwood, splinters, kindling; see fuel , wood 2 …
64Irascibility — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Irascibility >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 irascibility irascibility irascibleness temper Sgm: N 1 crossness crossness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 susceptibility susceptibility procacity petulance irritability …
65spunk — [[t]spʌŋk[/t]] n. 1) pluck; spirit; mettle 2) tinder; touchwood; punk • Etymology: 1530–40; obscurely akin to funk spark, touchwood, punk I …
66Agaric — Ag a*ric (?; 277), n. [L. agaricum, Gr. ?, said to be fr. Agara, a town in Sarmatia.] 1. (Bot.) A fungus of the genus {Agaricus}, of many species, of which the common mushroom is an example. [1913 Webster] 2. An old name for several species of… …
67Agaric mineral — Agaric Ag a*ric (?; 277), n. [L. agaricum, Gr. ?, said to be fr. Agara, a town in Sarmatia.] 1. (Bot.) A fungus of the genus {Agaricus}, of many species, of which the common mushroom is an example. [1913 Webster] 2. An old name for several… …
68blue funk — Funk Funk (f[u^][ng]k), n. [OE. funke a little fire; akin to Prov. E. funk touchwood, G. funke spark, and perh. to Goth. f[=o]n fire.] 1. An offensive smell; a stench. [Low] [1913 Webster] 2. One who funks; a shirk; a coward. [Colloq.] [Webster… …
69Funk — (f[u^][ng]k), n. [OE. funke a little fire; akin to Prov. E. funk touchwood, G. funke spark, and perh. to Goth. f[=o]n fire.] 1. An offensive smell; a stench. [Low] [1913 Webster] 2. One who funks; a shirk; a coward. [Colloq.] [Webster 1913… …
70Polyporus fomentarius — Punk Punk, n. [Cf. {Spunk}.] 1. Wood so decayed as to be dry, crumbly, and useful for tinder; touchwood. [1913 Webster] 2. A fungus ({Polyporus fomentarius}, etc.) sometimes dried for tinder; agaric. [1913 Webster] 3. An artificial tinder. See… …
