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Definition: HALOXYLINE

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. An explosive mixture, consisting of sawdust, charcoal, niter, and ferrocyanide of potassium, used as a substitute for gunpowder.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Haloxyline" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Haloxyline \Ha*lox"y*line\, noun. [from Greek expression "a`ls, "alo`s, salt xy`lon wood.]. (references)

Definition: HALOXYLINE

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. An explosive mixture, consisting of sawdust, charcoal, niter, and ferrocyanide of potassium, used as a substitute for gunpowder.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "HALOXYLINE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Haloxyline \Ha*lox"y*line\, noun. [from Greek expression "a`ls, "alo`s, salt xy`lon wood.]. (references)