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grisoutite

grisoutite noun: a type of safety explosive, made from nitroglycerine mixed with magnesium sulfate and sawdust, that could be used where firedamp was present.

Noun

grisoutite (uncountable)

  1. (rare) A type of safety explosive, made from nitroglycerine mixed with magnesium sulfate and sawdust, that could be used where firedamp was present
    • 1889-90 https://mininginstitute.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/NEIMME%20Vol%2039.pdf
      It will be seen that all the explosives stemmed with coal-dust, gas being absent, produced flame except grisoutite.
    • 1918 http://gluedideas.com/content-collection/encyclopedia-americana-10/Explosives_P6.html
      Among the explosives designed to meet such conditions and styled abroad safety or flameless explosives are: Ammonite; amvis, aphosite; bellite; benedite; britainite; cambrite; car bonite; Casteau's...

Origin of grisoutite

From French grisou + -ite.

Questions about grisoutite

What does grisoutite mean?
Grisoutite means a type of safety explosive, made from nitroglycerine mixed with magnesium sulfate and sawdust, that could be used where firedamp was present.
What part of speech is grisoutite?
Grisoutite is a noun.

Words near grisoutite in the dictionary

  1. Grisolle's sign
  2. grison
  3. grisons
  4. grisounite
  5. grisoutine
  6. grisoutite
  7. Grissel
  8. Grissell
  9. Grissett
  10. Grissetts
  11. Grissinger

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