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▪ I. lyddite, n.|ˈlɪdaɪt|
[f. name of Lydd in Kent (where this explosive was first tested in England).]
A high explosive, chiefly composed of picric acid, and believed closely to resemble melinite; used in the manufacture of explosive shells in England.
1888I. of Wight County Press 3 Nov. 3/4 Armstrong and Co...bought the patent from..M. Turpin, who is now personally assisting in the manufacture of Lyddite, the English name for Melinite. 1898Westm. Gaz. 26 Aug. 7/1 The new Lyddite shell. 1901Scotsman 14 Mar. 7/3 The power of Lyddite has been described by experts..as most destructive in a rocky country.
▪ II. lyddite, v. rare.
[f. the n.]
trans. To destroy, wreck, etc., by the explosion of lyddite.
1906F. Campbell Dearlove 78 She was pleased they had not dynamited or lyddited him. |