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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Wood rendered explosive by treatment with a mixture of concentrated nitric and sulphuric acids, as guncotton is manufactured from the much purer cellulose of cotton fiber. Some kinds of nitrolignin, as Schultze powder, have been used as explosives, chiefly as sporting powders.

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