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(n.) A high explosive consisting principally of picric acid, used as a shell explosive in the British service; - so named from the proving grounds at Lydd, England.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Lyddite'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​l/lyddite.html. 1828.
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