Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A trade-name for an explosive, a kind of smokeless powder for use in the Lee-Metford rifle.
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Examples
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Troisdorf powder is gelatinised nitro-cellulose; rifleite gelatinised nitro-cellulose and nitro-benzene.
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