LYDDITE


Meaning of LYDDITE in English

[ 'lɪdʌɪt ]

■ noun a high explosive containing picric acid, used by the British during the First World War.

Origin

C19: named after Lydd , a town in Kent where the explosive was first tested, + -ite 1 .

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