Tinder
Tinder , noun
[Old English tinder, tunder, Anglo-Saxon tynder, tyndre; akin to tendan to kindle, Dutch tonder tinder, German zunder, Old High German zuntara, zuntra, Icelandic tundr, Swedish tunder, Danish tonder. See Tind.]
Something very inflammable, used for kindling fire from a spark, as scorched linen.