| 单词 | punk wood |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspunk wood punk wood n. = sense 1a; esp. rotten wood. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > [noun] > decayed wood spoil1567 drix1623 punk1678 punk wood1791 fox-wood1889 society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > material for igniting > [noun] > fungus or rotten wood touchwood1597 punk1678 German tinder1776 punk wood1791 amadou1815 1791 J. Long Voy. Indian Interpreter 66 They..had attempted to set fire to his house with punk wood, which they shot at it lighted, fixed to the points of arrows. 1813 Newburyport (Mass.) Herald 11 June 4 Burn him with your lightening eyes, Till he like punk-wood ashes lies. 1883 Harper's Mag. Feb. 427/2 She opened a flint-and-tinder box, and struck a spark into the punk-wood. 1903 S. E. White Forest 180 Sometimes a faint rounded shell..swelled above the level, to crumble to punkwood at the lightest touch of our feet. 1936 Amer. Home Feb. 58/2 After I was six feet above the hearth I built a small punkwood fire in the fireplace each day to help season the masonry. 2001 W. Keller Outdoor Survival Guide 48 I look for old rotten logs and will dig out some of the ‘punk wood’. < as lemmas |
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