Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—M

Macamut

Sultan of Cambaya, who lived upon poison, with which he was so saturated that his breath or touch carried instant death. (Purchas.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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