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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Spunk

/(spŭṉk)/ · IPA /spʌŋk/
01 n. Wood that readily takes fire; touchwood; also, a kind of tinder made from a species of fungus; punk; amadou.
  1. 1.
    Wood that readily takes fire; touchwood; also, a kind of tinder made from a species of fungus; punk; amadou.
  2. 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.