frog cheese

noun

frog cheese

noun
1

Archaic A large puffball.

  • This intoxicating fume is caused by introducing into the fumigating lamp a piece of ignited vegetable substance, called puck, puckball, or frog-cheese, or, most commonly, fuzzball.1835, Thomas Nutt, Humanity to honey-bees: or, practical directions for the management of honey bees upon an improved and humane plan, by which the lives of bees may be preserved, and abundance of honey of a superior quality may be obtained, 3rd edition, London: Longman, →OCLC, page 126:

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