单词 | amadou |
释义 | amadoun. German tinder, prepared from species of fungus Polyporus and Boletus, that grow on trees, employed as a match and a styptic. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > material for igniting > [noun] > fungus or rotten wood touchwood1597 punk1678 German tinder1776 punk wood1791 amadou1815 the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > astringent or restringent preparations > [noun] > for stopping bleeding > plant-derived mully-puff1629 agaric1756 puffball1767 matico1842 hydrastis1861 amadou1876 soldiers' tea1895 1815 Encycl. Brit. I. 761 Some give to the amadow the name of pyrotechnical sponge. 1863 J. Tyndall Heat i. 14 Tinder or dry amadou, may be ignited by this syringe. 1869 Lorrain 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. 1876 T. Bryant Pract. Surg. (ed. 2) I. i. 35 Cushions of amadou and well-adjusted pads of cotton wool or spongio-piline. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1884; most recently modified version published online November 2010). < n.1815 |
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