The only discrepancy remaining is between Fawkes's statement that he threw touchwood and match out of window, and Doubleday's that the touchwood at least was found in his pocket.
Perhaps Doubleday meant only that the touchwood thrown out came from Fawkes's pocket.
In the cave it was dark, and Oliver lighted a piece of touchwood as a means of observing the shelving ground, and taking his direction, till he passed under the brow of rock and entered the upper cavern.
After a short scramble, the dim yellow glow of light from this inner recess was visible, when Oliver extinguished his touchwood and pushed on, guided by this light.
Next night she listened again, and it was quite living, but so weak that it could only open its eyes a very little, and see Tommelise, who stood with a piece of touchwood in her hand, for other light she had none.
The mole took a piece of touchwood in his mouth, for it shines just like fire in the dark, and went before them, to light them in the long, dark passage.
A perch was placed inside, a convenient entrance-hole cut, and a quantity of very dry touchwood placed within.
On this touchwood much of the success seemed to depend, for wherever it was omitted the owls declined to take possession of the cask.
Now do you two run about and pick up all the dried sticks you can find, and pile them together in a heap, while I get the touchwood ready.
It is not always necessary that a friend should break his leg for Touchwood to feel compunction and endeavour to make amends for his bearishness or insolence.
Some daring person perhaps introduces another topic, and uses the delicate flattery of appealing to Touchwood for his opinion, the topic being included in his favourite studies.
This region bears the name of the Touchwood Hills.
On the night of the 4th November we made our camp long after dark in a little clump of willows far out in the plain which lies west of the Touchwood Hills.
A line running direct from the Touchwood Hills to Edmonton House would measure 500 miles in length, yet would lie altogether within the country of the Plain Crees.
I know my Lady Touchwood has no kindness for him; and besides I have been informed by Mr. Careless, that Mellefont had never anything more than a profound respect.
Towards the close of the winter there came to the Post a Touchwood Indian who had been in the Slave River country as a dog driver for a Hudson's Bay officer.
They succeeded in driving away about forty head of cattle, which have been traced into the neighbourhood of the Touchwood Hills.
In the course of the ensuing week the farmers and ranchers for miles round had notice from the police of the district of their intention to raid the Touchwood Hills, in search of a nest of robbers believed to be hiding there.
I gave one look to ascertain if he had observed me; his eye was roving over the school for some delinquent to throw his ruler at; fearful that he might turn round to me, I no longer hesitated, and the touchwood was applied to the train.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "touchwood" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
