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Webster 1913 Edition
Amadou
Am′a-dou
,Noun.
[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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Amadou
AM'ADOU
,Noun.
This is written also amadow, and called black match, and pyrotechnical spunge, on account of its inflammability.