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pyroxyle Chem.|paɪˈrɒksɪl|
Also erron. -ile.
[a. F. pyroxyle, f. Gr. πυρ(ο- pyro- + ξύλον wood (Pelouze, 1846; Comptes Rendus 23, 893).]
= pyroxylin: chiefly as the Fr. name of gun-cotton.
1847[see pyroxylin 2]. 1870Echo 8 Nov., A chemical manufactory at Grenelle blew to pieces, with four men, who were making pyroxile for the Government. 1881tr. Verne's Myst. Isl. iii. 55 Our guns would bear..the expansion of the pyroxile gas. 1900Westm. Gaz. 31 Aug. 4/3 The heavy rains..hindered the pyroxyle from acting as the conspirators designed. |