n. a flat piece of wood used in making fire by friction.
- 1943  Out of his fire bag Dan took the Ojibway socket with the mouth comb, a thong with grip sticks on its ends, his drill, fire board and curls of yellow birch mixed with shredded cedar bark.
- 1943  This time Dan used the fire-making method of the Ojibways. He tied a short grip-stick to each end of his cord, put his teeth on the fire-board, and stooped over it with the socket in his teeth.