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

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

term

TERM

applied to any dry substance that will readily take light from a spark and so be used for kindling a fire. Before the invention of matches (see MATCH) fire or light was procured by the ignition of tinder through sparks obtained by the striking of flint against steel, the whole apparatus of tinder, flint and steel being contained in a metal box, which was an essential utensil of all households and was also carried on the person of everyone who might require a light in an emergency. The usual material of " tinder " was a mass of charred linen, but the

term

TERM

was also applied to " touchwood," or

wood

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converted into an easily ignitible consistency by the action of certain fungi. Another form of " tinder " was " touchpaper,"

paper

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

dipped in nitre and used as a slow-match for igniting gunpowder. In both these words "

touch

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

" 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.

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