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tinder

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tin·der  (tndr)
n.
Readily combustible material, such as dry twigs, used to kindle fires.

[Middle English, from Old English tynder.]

tinder
Noun
dry wood or other easily-burning material used to start a fire [Old English tynder]
tindery adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.tindertinder - material for starting a fire
igniter, ignitor, lighter - a substance used to ignite or kindle a fire


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But all at once it flashed across him that there was a little end of tinder in the tinder-box, which he had taken from the hollow tree into which the Witch had helped him down.
From a small bag of twisted coconut hanging from his neck upon his withered and sunken chest, he drew out flint and steel and tinder, and, even while the impatient steward was proffering him a box of matches, struck a spark, caught it in the tinder, blew it into strength and quantity, and lighted his pipe from it.
When the flame of the sulphur splinters kindled by the tinder burned up, first blue and then red, Shcherbinin lit the tallow candle, from the candlestick of which the cockroaches that had been gnawing it were running away, and looked at the messenger.
 
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