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Lyddite
Webster's Dictionary
(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.