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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Touch-paper

· Touch·-pa·per · IPA
01 n. Paper steeped in saltpeter, which burns slowly, and is used as a match for firing gunpowder, and the like.
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    Paper steeped in saltpeter, which burns slowly, and is used as a match for firing gunpowder, and the like.