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Webster 1913 Edition

Tinder

Tin′der

,

Noun.

[OE.

tinder

,

tunder

, AS.

tynder

,

tyndre

; akin to

tendan

to kindle, D.

tonder

tinder, G.

zunder

, OHG.

zuntara

,

zuntra

, Icel.

tundr

, Sw.

tunder

, Dan.

tönder

. See

.]

Something very inflammable, used for kindling fire from a spark, as scorched linen.

German tinder

.

Same as

.

–

Tinder box

,

a box in which tinder is kept.

Webster 1828 Edition

Tinder

TIND'ER

,

Noun.

Something very inflammable used for kindling fire from a spark; as scorched linen.