fango
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of fango
1895–1900; < Italian: mud < Germanic; compare Old English fūht damp, Sanskrit pañkas mire. See fen 1
Example Sentences
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We recall the fact that the whole Solfatara phenomenon had its origin in a flame being swayed over one of the fango holes.
From Man or Matter by Ernst Lehrs
In fact all mineral waters and the so-called curarive muds like fango are slightly radioactive.
From The War Terror by Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve
The effect is even more intense if a burning torch is moved about over one of the boiling fango holes.
From Man or Matter by Ernst Lehrs
It rains continually, and one cannot step out without being up to the ankles in fango; and then, again, there is not a house to be found.
From The Bible in Spain Vol. 1 [of 2] by George Henry Borrow
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