melinite
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of melinite
1885–90; < French mélinite < Greek mḗlin ( os ) made of apples (derivative of mêlon apple) + French -ite -ite 1
Example Sentences
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Eugene Turpin, 78, inventor of melinite;* of pulmonary congestion, at Pontoise, France.
From Time Magazine Archive
Fifteen boxes of melinite delayed him but a moment.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, October 3, 1917 by Various
Boer melinite shells aren't in it with this new compound.
From Queen Sheba's Ring by Haggard, Henry Rider
For the object that Frank held in his hand was a small melinite floating mine!
From The Boy Allies under Two Flags by Hayes, Clair W. (Clair Wallace)
You see, we have six ships here in line abreast, and twelve guns, each throwing a melinite shell of not less than a hundred pounds, are trained on the face of the building.
From The World Masters by Griffith, George Chetwynd
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