papyroxylin

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nounpapyroxylin (uncountable)

obsoleteuncountableSynonym of gun-paper.
Gun-paper, or papyroxyline, is paper which has been immersed for a few seconds in a mixture of nitric and sulphuric acids, and then washed in an abundance of water.
1894, Selimo R. Bottone, Electrical Instrument Making for Amateurs, 6th edition, page 26
Synonyms: gun-paper

nounSynonym of gun-paper.

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From papyro- (“papyrus, paper”) + xylo- (“wood, wood pulp”) + -in (“forming substances made from living things”), after the model of earlier pyroxylin.

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