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- noun An explosive mixture, consisting of sawdust, charcoal, niter, and ferrocyanide of potassium, used as a substitute for gunpowder.
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- noun An
explosive compound ofsawdust ,charcoal ,niter , andpotassium ferrocyanide , formerly used as a substitute forgunpowder .
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