German tindern.

Brit.

/ˈdʒəːmən ˈtɪndə/, U.S.

/ˈdʒərmən ˈtɪndər/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: German adj., tinder n.

Etymology: < German adj. + tinder n. In sense 1 after French mèche d'Allemagne (1704 in the passage translated in quot. 1776 at sense 1). With sense 2 compare German Zunderschwamm, lit. ‘tinder sponge, tinder fungus’.

Now historical.

1. A felt-like material prepared from the fruiting bodies of Fomes fomentarius and certain other fungi, used esp. as tinder (usually after having been soaked in saltpetre); = amadou n. Now historical.In quot. 1851: a name used for friction matches (fusees), perhaps with heads of German tinder, as sold on the streets of London; cf. German Congreve n. at German n. and adj. Compounds 1b.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > material for igniting > [noun] > fungus or rotten wood

touchwood1597

punk1678

German tinder1776

punk wood1791

amadou1815

1776 L. Wood tr. Cases Med., Chirurg., & Anat. xxxii. 264 This disorder might have been prevented..by applying to the orifice of the vessels some German tinder [Fr. meche d'Allemagne].

1807 Monthly Mag. Oct. 271/1 Mr. L. describes the head of a staff, having in it a cavity containing the prepared fungus, known by the name of German tinder.

1846 London Med. Gaz. 2 90/1 The hæmorrhage, however, was arrested by introducing pieces of dry lint and German tinder into the back part of the wound.

1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 433/2 At one time, indeed, they were announced as ‘German tinder’.

1880 Boy's Own Bk. (new ed.) 515 For this purpose [sc. the pointing of fireworks] common tinder is not so well adapted as German tinder; nor is German so manageable as touch-paper.

1904 E. Hansing-Perzina tr. S. Hansing Pianoforte & its Acoustics (ed. 2) xi. 124 In the year 1806 John Antes publicly announced his attempts to cover pianoforte hammers with German tinder.

1934 Jrnl. Compar. Legislation & Internat. Law 16 180 It makes provision for the appointment of stores by municipal corporations for the storage of petroleum, matches and German tinder.

1989 J. Barnes Hist. World (1990) vi. 150 They would take..a portable inkstand, a match-box and supply of German tinder.

2. More fully German tinder fungus. The bracket fungus Fomes fomentarius; cf. tinder-fungus n. at tinder n. Compounds 2. Now rare.

ΚΠ

1854 Punch 26 237/2 There's a certain sort of Fungus, called Polyporus Fomentarius By a learned few among us; or Boletus Ignarius. But, beside these, it has two Names that less in length of wind are: One of these is Amadou, and the other German Tinder.

1863 C. D. Badham Treat. Esculent Funguses Eng. 133 Among the more common kinds to be mentioned are P[olyporus] frondosus and P. tuberaster, Persoon,..P. giganteus, ibid., P. fomentarius, ibid., which last is the Amadou, or German tinder fungus.

1890 Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 22 555 The Curator exhibited a specimen of German-tinder (Polyporus fomentarius) presented by Mr. Martin, of Pigeon Valley.

1901 G. F. Atkinson Stud. Amer. Fungi: Mushrooms 234 The Polyporus fomentarius, or ‘tinder mushroom’ or, as it sometimes called, ‘German tinder’, was once employed in the manufacture of tinder.

1995 T. A. Scott tr. Conc. Encycl. Biol. 118/1 Fomes fomentarius (German tinder fungus, Soft amadou, Punk) causes white rot of beech.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	german tinder
释义	German tindern. Brit. /ˈdʒəːmən ˈtɪndə/, U.S. /ˈdʒərmən ˈtɪndər/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: German adj., tinder n. Etymology: < German adj. + tinder n. In sense 1 after French mèche d'Allemagne (1704 in the passage translated in quot. 1776 at sense 1). With sense 2 compare German Zunderschwamm, lit. ‘tinder sponge, tinder fungus’. Now historical. 1. A felt-like material prepared from the fruiting bodies of Fomes fomentarius and certain other fungi, used esp. as tinder (usually after having been soaked in saltpetre); = amadou n. Now historical.In quot. 1851: a name used for friction matches (fusees), perhaps with heads of German tinder, as sold on the streets of London; cf. German Congreve n. at German n. and adj. Compounds 1b. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > material for igniting > [noun] > fungus or rotten wood touchwood1597 punk1678 German tinder1776 punk wood1791 amadou1815 1776 L. Wood tr. Cases Med., Chirurg., & Anat. xxxii. 264 This disorder might have been prevented..by applying to the orifice of the vessels some German tinder [Fr. meche d'Allemagne]. 1807 Monthly Mag. Oct. 271/1 Mr. L. describes the head of a staff, having in it a cavity containing the prepared fungus, known by the name of German tinder. 1846 London Med. Gaz. 2 90/1 The hæmorrhage, however, was arrested by introducing pieces of dry lint and German tinder into the back part of the wound. 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 433/2 At one time, indeed, they were announced as ‘German tinder’. 1880 Boy's Own Bk. (new ed.) 515 For this purpose [sc. the pointing of fireworks] common tinder is not so well adapted as German tinder; nor is German so manageable as touch-paper. 1904 E. Hansing-Perzina tr. S. Hansing Pianoforte & its Acoustics (ed. 2) xi. 124 In the year 1806 John Antes publicly announced his attempts to cover pianoforte hammers with German tinder. 1934 Jrnl. Compar. Legislation & Internat. Law 16 180 It makes provision for the appointment of stores by municipal corporations for the storage of petroleum, matches and German tinder. 1989 J. Barnes Hist. World (1990) vi. 150 They would take..a portable inkstand, a match-box and supply of German tinder. 2. More fully German tinder fungus. The bracket fungus Fomes fomentarius; cf. tinder-fungus n. at tinder n. Compounds 2. Now rare. ΚΠ 1854 Punch 26 237/2 There's a certain sort of Fungus, called Polyporus Fomentarius By a learned few among us; or Boletus Ignarius. But, beside these, it has two Names that less in length of wind are: One of these is Amadou, and the other German Tinder. 1863 C. D. Badham Treat. Esculent Funguses Eng. 133 Among the more common kinds to be mentioned are P[olyporus] frondosus and P. tuberaster, Persoon,..P. giganteus, ibid., P. fomentarius, ibid., which last is the Amadou, or German tinder fungus. 1890 Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 22 555 The Curator exhibited a specimen of German-tinder (Polyporus fomentarius) presented by Mr. Martin, of Pigeon Valley. 1901 G. F. Atkinson Stud. Amer. Fungi: Mushrooms 234 The Polyporus fomentarius, or ‘tinder mushroom’ or, as it sometimes called, ‘German tinder’, was once employed in the manufacture of tinder. 1995 T. A. Scott tr. Conc. Encycl. Biol. 118/1 Fomes fomentarius (German tinder fungus, Soft amadou, Punk) causes white rot of beech. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1776
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