"gunpaper" meaning in All languages combined

See gunpaper on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: gunpapers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} gunpaper (usually uncountable, plural gunpapers)
  1. Alternative form of gun-paper Tags: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually Alternative form of: gun-paper
    Sense id: en-gunpaper-en-noun-qD~gMprd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1866, The Artizan - Volume 24, page 102",
          "text": "Mr. G. S. Melland, of Lime-street, London, who has distinguished himself among our makers of firearms, has brought out a gunpaper to supersede our old gunpowder.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1870, The American Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events",
          "text": "With improved revolvers of Mr. Millard six rounds were fired first with cartridges containing fifteen grains of gunpaper and a conical bullet, at fifteen yards' range, which gave as a result an average of 13-16 inch penetration into deal.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1926, The Book of Popular Science - Volume 10, page 3240",
          "text": "In 1832, Braconnot transformed starch into a source of terrific power by treating it with nitric acid; six years afterwards, Pelouse and Dumas changed cotton and paper into guncotton and gunpaper by nitrating these substances.",
          "type": "quotation"
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          "ref": "1866, The Artizan - Volume 24, page 102",
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          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1870, The American Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events",
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          "type": "quotation"
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          "ref": "1926, The Book of Popular Science - Volume 10, page 3240",
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