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nd, foot, or the like, so as to reach or rest on. Him thus intent Ithuriel with his spear Touched lightly. Milton.

A box containing lighted tinder, formerly carried by soldiers who used matchlocks, to kindle the match.

See Impatiens.

icles of gold or silver by comparison of the streaks made by the article and the bar on a touchstone.

Paper steeped in saltpeter, which burns slowly, and is used as a match for firing gunpowder, and the like.

Capable of being touched; tangible. -- Touch"a*ble*ness, n.

The act of touching the football down by a player behind his own goal line when it received its last impulse from an opponent; -- distinguished from safety touchdown.

The act of touching the football down behind the opponents' goal . Safety touchdown. See under Safety.

The vent of a cannot or other firearm, by which fire is communicateed to the powder of the charge.

In a touchy manner.

The quality or state of being touchy peevishness; irritability; irascibility.

Affecting; moving; pathetic; as, a touching tale. -- Touch"ing*ly, adv.

hich the qualities of a thing are tried. Hooker. The foregoing doctrine affords us also a touchstone for the trial of spirits. South. Irish touchstone (Min.), basalt, the stone which composes the Giant's Causeway.

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

cible; techy; apt to take fire. [Colloq.] It may be said of Dryden that he was at no time touchy about personal attacks. Saintsbury.

A roll or case of paper, etc., holding a charge for a firearm; a cartridge.

A flying squirrel (Sciuropterus volans) native of Northern Europe and Siberia; -- called also minene.

To touch again, or rework, in order to improve; to revise; as, to retouch a picture or an essay.

One who retouches.

Concerning; with regard to; on account of; touching. "To treat about thy ransom." Milton. She must have her way about Sarah. Trollope.