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.
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.