giant powder

American  

noun

1. dynamite composed of nitroglycerin and kieselguhr.

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giant powder British  

noun

1. dynamite composed of trinitroglycerine absorbed in kieselguhr

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Etymology

Origin of giant powder

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75

Example Sentences

I sense there is a giant powder field that no one has touched yet, and I am going after it.

From Forbes • Nov. 2, 2011

Among the best known after the ordinary No. 1 dynamite are forcite, ammonia dynamite, litho-fracteur, rendock, Atlas powder, giant powder, and the various explosive gelatines.

From Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise by Sanford, P. Gerald (Percy Gerald)

Men in relays were eating at the camp and dynamiters were picking their way across the face of the Cat's Paw with the giant powder.

From The Daughter of a Magnate by Spearman, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton)

He was in the North, where winter would soon begin, doing her work with drill and giant powder.

From The Lure of the North by Bindloss, Harold

The rivermen, gathering close, saw that the bundle around the end of the sapling consisted of a dozen rolls of giant powder from which dangled a short fuse.

From The Rules of the Game by White, Stewart Edward