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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Spunk  \Spunk\  (sp[u^][ng]k),  n.  [Gael.  spong,  or  Ir  sponc, 
  tinder,  sponge;  cf  AS  sponge  a  sponge  (L.  spongia),  sp[=o]n 
  a  chip.  Cf  {Sponge},  {Punk}.]  [Written  also  {sponk}.] 
  1.  Wood  that  readily  takes  fire;  touchwood;  also  a  kind  of 
  tinder  made  from  a  species  of  fungus;  punk;  amadou.  --Sir 
  T.  Browne. 
 
  2.  An  inflammable  temper;  spirit;  mettle;  pluck;  as  a  man  of 
  spunk.  [Colloq.] 
 
  A  lawless  and  dangerous  set  men  of  spunk,  and 
  spirit,  and  power,  both  of  mind  and  body.  --Prof. 
  Wilson. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  spunk 
  n  1:  material  for  starting  a  fire  [syn:  {kindling},  {tinder},  {touchwood}, 
  {punk}] 
  2:  the  courage  to  carry  on:  "he  kept  fighting  on  pure  spunk"; 
  "you  haven't  got  the  heart  for  baseball"  [syn:  {heart},  {mettle}, 
  {nerve}]




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