Definition of Touchwaod

Touch"wood` (?), n. [Probably for tachwood; OE. tache tinder (of uncertain origin) + wood.]

1. Wood so decayed as to serve for tinder; spunk, or punk.

2. Dried fungi used as tinder; especially, the Polyporus igniarius.

Touch"wood` (?), n. [Probably for tachwood; OE. tache tinder (of uncertain origin) + wood.]

1. Wood so decayed as to serve for tinder; spunk, or punk.

2. Dried fungi used as tinder; especially, the Polyporus igniarius.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

(idiom) hopefully (said while touching something wooden, for superstition)
And the reds are going to avoid relegation this year, touch wood

- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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