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GUN-COTTON

\ɡˈʌnkˈɒtən], \ɡˈʌnkˈɒtən], \ɡ_ˈʌ_n_k_ˈɒ_t_ə_n]\

Definitions of GUN-COTTON

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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See Collodion-g. c. Ethereal solution of, Collodion.

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
By Robley Dunglison

See Pyroxylin.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

n. A highly explosive substance obtained by soaking cotton, &c., in nitric and sulphuric acids.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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