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Cordite n. (Mil.) A smokeless powder composed of nitroglycerin, guncotton, and mineral jelly, and used by the British army and in other services. In making it the ingredients are mixed into a paste with the addition of acetone and pressed out into cords (of various diameters) resembling brown twine, which are dried and cut to length. A variety containing less nitroglycerin than the original is known as cordite M. D.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... have to be left behind. For an hour the camp was in a buzz of excited preparation. The elephant guns and cordite ammunition were broken out, the blankets, slickers and other necessaries were loaded up on the porters, and the three hunters donned their moccasins ...

— The Rogue Elephant - The Boys' Big Game Series • Elliott Whitney

... glanced round. The Turkish snipers were still busy, and the sharp crack of cordite echoed from scores of different hiding-places along the hills. He and his companions had about one hundred and fifty yards to go before reaching the trench held by their battalions, and the light was growing ...

— On Land And Sea At The Dardanelles • Thomas Charles Bridges

... the fire line at night. Supplies of gun cotton and cordite from the Presidio were commandeered and the troops and the few remaining firemen made another futile effort to ...

— Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror • Richard Linthicum

... sand-bags is only equalled by their interest in the field in front of them. Occasionally one of our men finds them more than usually interesting. There is a loud report, the click of a bolt, and the pungent smell of burnt cordite. Then all ...

— Leaves from a Field Note-Book • J. H. Morgan

Words linked to "Cordite" : petroleum jelly, nitroglycerin, cellulose nitrate, petrolatum, glyceryl trinitrate, mineral jelly, nitrocotton, guncotton, Nitrostat