Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A trade-name for an explosive consisting of 68 per cent. nitroglycerin, 8 per cent. potassium nitrate, 20 per cent. kieselguhr, and 4 per cent. wood-meal.
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Examples
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"Dynamite or rhexite or meganite or carbonite or stonite or vigorite or cordite or ballistite or thorite or maxamite ----"
Mr. Hawkins' Humorous Adventures Edgar Franklin 1918
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