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Cordite

noun
1.
Explosive powder (nitroglycerin and guncotton and petrolatum) dissolved in acetone and dried and extruded in brown cords.





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"Cordite" Quotes from Famous Books



... it very difficult to work in urban areas and virtually useless in rural districts. We had drafted an amending Bill for rural districts in 1895, which was read a first time in the House of Commons on the day of the vote on the supply of cordite, when the defeat of the Liberal Government led to the ...
— The History of the Fabian Society • Edward R. Pease


Words linked to "Cordite" :   nitrocotton, nitrocellulose, nitroglycerin, nitroglycerine, explosive compound, petrolatum, petroleum jelly, cellulose nitrate, Nitrostat, glyceryl trinitrate, trinitroglycerin, guncotton, mineral jelly, Nitrospan


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