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melinite

n. 1 (context mineralogy English) A yellow clay mineral from Bavaria. 2 An explosive containing picric acid and guncotton.

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Melinite

Melinite or Mélinite may refer to:

  • Picric acid
  • Jane Avril (1868–1943) La Mélinite, French cabaret star and can-can dancer

Usage examples of "melinite".

Mauvin, as he followed her out, handed me one of Pyrullo's fliers, from which I learned that it was high time to dispense with the bungling of irresponsible amateurs who couldn't tell dynamite from melinite, or fulminate mercury from a simple Bickford fuse.