gelignite in English
noun
1
a high explosive made from a gel of nitroglycerine and nitrocellulose in a base of wood pulp and sodium or potassium nitrate, used particularly for rock blasting.
The suitcase contained chlorate of potash and paraffin wax, which was mixed with gelignite to form an explosive compound.
noun
gelly
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1. 10 Their work was taken up with boring and blasting rock with gelignite.
2. According to the Dictionary of Explosives the Kynoch factory manufactured blasting explosives from sulphur to make gunpowder, aphosite, aerolit, Bobbinite, gelatine, dynamite, gelignite and Kynite
3. Look at me, Jimmy. Look at me now, and answer me truthfully. How did Robert know about the gelignite? Did you tell him? Did you know about it?