Noah Webster
Spunk
SPUNK, noun [probably from punk.]
1. Touchwood; wood that readily takes fire. Hence,
2. Vulgarly, an inflammable temper; spirit; as a man of spunk Ill natured observations touched his spunk [Low.]
SPUNK, noun [probably from punk.]
1. Touchwood; wood that readily takes fire. Hence,
2. Vulgarly, an inflammable temper; spirit; as a man of spunk Ill natured observations touched his spunk [Low.]