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amadou|ˈæməduː|
[mod.Fr. f. amadouer to allure, found in many forms in the north. Fr. dialects, but of doubtful origin; considered by Diez and Littré to be f. ON. mata (Dan. made) to feed, as if to attract with a bait: see Littré.]
German tinder, prepared from species of fungus Polyporus and Boletus, that grow on trees, employed as a match and a styptic.
1815Encycl. Brit. I. 761 Some give to the amadow the name of pyrotechnical sponge. 1863Tyndall Heat i. 14 Tinder or dry amadou, may be ignited by this syringe. 1869Lorrain in Eng. Mech. 22 Oct. 137/2 Amadou, punk or German Tinder, is made from a kind of fungus that grows on the trunks of old oaks, ashes, beeches, &c. 1878Bryant Pract. Surg. I. 35 Cushions of amadou and well-adjusted pads of cotton wool or spongio-piline. |