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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Lyddite

· Lydd·ite · IPA
01 n. A high explosive consisting principally of picric acid, used as a shell explosive in the British service; -- so named from the proving grou…
  1. 1.
    A high explosive consisting principally of picric acid, used as a shell explosive in the British service; -- so named from the proving grounds at Lydd, England.(Chem.)