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amadou |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Amadou \Am"a*dou\, n. [F. amadou tinder, prop. lure, bait, fr amadouer to allure, caress, perh. fr Icel. mata to feed, which is akin to E. meat.] A spongy, combustible substance, prepared from fungus ({Boletus} and {Polyporus}) which grows on old trees; German tinder; punk. It has been employed as a styptic by surgeons, but its common use is as tinder, for which purpose it is prepared by soaking it in a strong solution of niter. --Ure.
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