Lydd″ite (?), n.(Chem.) A high explosive consisting principally of picric acid, used as a shell explosive in the British service; — so named from the proving grounds at Lydd, England.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.