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(n.) 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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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Cordite'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/cordite.html. 1828.
 
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