Punk

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A prostitute; a strumpet.

II. Punk ·noun An artificial tinder. ·see Amadou, and Spunk.

III. Punk ·noun Wood so decayed as to be dry, crumbly, and useful for tinder; touchwood.

IV. Punk ·noun A fungus (Polyporus fomentarius, ·etc.) sometimes dried for tinder; agaric.