SPUNK

spunk|sponk. Spunk, or Sponk, n. rotten wood, touchwood

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Spunk (spŭṉk), n. [[Gael. spong, or Ir. sponc, tinder, sponge; cf. AS. sponge a sponge (L. spongia), spōn a chip. Cf. Sponge, Punk.]] [Written also sponk.] 1. 1. Wood that readily takes fire; touchwood; also, a kind of tinder made from a species of fungus; punk; amadou. Sir T. Browne.
2. 2. An inflammable temper; spirit; mettle; pluck; as, a man of spunk.
A lawless and dangerous set, men of spunk, and spirit, and power, both of mind and body. Prof. Wilson.