AMADOU

AM'ADOU, noun A variety of the boletus igniarius, found on old ash and other trees.This is written also amadow, and called black match, and pyrotechnical spunge, on account of its inflammability.

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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.