Etymology

grisoutite

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Today it means: A type of safety explosive, made from nitroglycerine mixed with magnesium sulfate and sawdust, that could be used where firedamp was present Full definition →

French grisou
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The story

  1. French · borrowed fromgrisou
  2. English todaygrisoutite

From French grisou + -ite.

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