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(n.) 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.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Amadou'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​a/amadou.html. 1828.
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