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
Ninety-six pounds of iron, brass, and melinite, hurled four miles through the air, at unknown cost, just to deal a true-lovers' death to two sparrows, five of which are sold for one farthing!
From Ladysmith The Diary of a Siege by Nevinson, Henry W.
It is only two days since they were in my cottage—chiselling out the melinite from a complete "Long Tom" shell which alighted in my old Scot's garden.
From Ladysmith The Diary of a Siege by Nevinson, Henry W.
With melinite you know the worst at once; it doesn't hang round like boxes of ammunition, for instance.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, October 3, 1917 by Various
Cellars may give protection from fire or melinite; but they are worse than death traps against the heavy fumes of poisonous gas.
From America's War for Humanity by Russell, Thomas Herbert
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