smift

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun A bit of touchwood, touch-paper, greased candle-wick, or paper or cotton dipped in melted sulphur, used to ignite the train or squib in blasting.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun A match for firing a charge of powder, as in blasting; a fuse.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun A slow match for firing a charge of powder, as in blasting; a fuse.