meliniten.¹

Brit.

/ˈmɛlᵻnʌɪt/, U.S.

/ˈmɛləˌnaɪt/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Melinites.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin Melinites (E. F. Glocker Generum et Specierum Mineralium (1847) 186) < Hellenistic Greek μήλινος quince-yellow (already in ancient Greek in Aeolic form μάλινος in sense ‘of an apple tree’; < μῆλον apple, quince (see male n.²) + -ινος -ine suffix²) + post-classical Latin -ites -ite suffix¹. Compare French mélinite (1878).Greek μήλινος > classical Latin mēlinus of quinces, later also (from the 2nd or 3rd cent.) quince-yellow.

Mineralogy.

A poorly characterized clay resembling yellow ochre and containing ferric iron.

ΚΠ

1868 J. D. Dana Syst. Mineral. (ed. 5) 477 Melinite.

1896 A. H. Chester Dict. Names Minerals Melinite, A yellow clay, quite similar to yellow ochre.

1993 A. M. Clark Hey's Mineral Index (ed. 3) 444/2 Melinite... Probably a mixture.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

meliniten.²

Brit.

/ˈmɛlᵻnʌɪt/, U.S.

/ˈmɛləˌnaɪt/

Forms: 1800s–1900s melanite (irregular), 1800s–1900s melenite (irregular), 1800s– melinite, 1800s– mélinite. Also with capital initial.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French mélinite.

Etymology: < French mélinite (1886 or earlier), apparently < Hellenistic Greek μήλινος quince-yellow (see melinite n.¹) + French -ite -ite suffix¹, with allusion to the colour of the explosive.

A high explosive, first developed in France, based on picric acid and similar to lyddite.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > explosive for use with firearms > specific

serpentine powder1497

musket powder1644

black powder1793

percussion powder1819

wood powder1870

musketry powder1876

Schultze gunpowder1881

sawdust-powder1883

cocoa powder1884

brown powder1886

melinite1886

lyddite1888

rifleite1891

nitro powder1892

turpinite1895

nitro1900

shimose1904

1886 Daily News 2 Dec. 5/2 France and Germany are lavishing money upon repeating rifles, melanite [sic] shells, and iron-plated forts.

1887 Chicago Advance 3 Feb. 78/4 The new French explosive, melenite [sic],..resembles yellow clay.

1887 Nature 17 Mar. 472/2 The new gunpowder melinite has already begun its work of destruction.

1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 868/2 When filled with lyddite, melinite, &c., they are called high-explosive (H.E.) shell.

1926 Science 24 Sept. Suppl. p. x Thirty tons of melanite were used in setting off four explosions at La Courbine.

1937 F. P. Crozier Men I Killed vii. 133 High-explosive shells, gun-cotton, Lyddite, Melinite, mustard gases, [etc.].

1968 New Scientist 7 Nov. 304/3 Molène favours the use of classic explosives such as TNT, Tolite, Melinite or Trinitrophenylamine.

1998 G. I. Brown Big Bang xii. 150 Tests on Melinite were carried out at Lydd in Hampshire and these were so successful that picric acid, under the name of Lyddite, became the principal shell filling in the United Kingdom.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	melinite
释义	meliniten.¹ Brit. /ˈmɛlᵻnʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈmɛləˌnaɪt/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Melinites. Etymology: < post-classical Latin Melinites (E. F. Glocker Generum et Specierum Mineralium (1847) 186) < Hellenistic Greek μήλινος quince-yellow (already in ancient Greek in Aeolic form μάλινος in sense ‘of an apple tree’; < μῆλον apple, quince (see male n.²) + -ινος -ine suffix²) + post-classical Latin -ites -ite suffix¹. Compare French mélinite (1878).Greek μήλινος > classical Latin mēlinus of quinces, later also (from the 2nd or 3rd cent.) quince-yellow. Mineralogy. A poorly characterized clay resembling yellow ochre and containing ferric iron. ΚΠ 1868 J. D. Dana Syst. Mineral. (ed. 5) 477 Melinite. 1896 A. H. Chester Dict. Names Minerals Melinite, A yellow clay, quite similar to yellow ochre. 1993 A. M. Clark Hey's Mineral Index (ed. 3) 444/2 Melinite... Probably a mixture. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). meliniten.² Brit. /ˈmɛlᵻnʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈmɛləˌnaɪt/ Forms: 1800s–1900s melanite (irregular), 1800s–1900s melenite (irregular), 1800s– melinite, 1800s– mélinite. Also with capital initial. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French mélinite. Etymology: < French mélinite (1886 or earlier), apparently < Hellenistic Greek μήλινος quince-yellow (see melinite n.¹) + French -ite -ite suffix¹, with allusion to the colour of the explosive. A high explosive, first developed in France, based on picric acid and similar to lyddite. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > explosive for use with firearms > specific serpentine powder1497 musket powder1644 black powder1793 percussion powder1819 wood powder1870 musketry powder1876 Schultze gunpowder1881 sawdust-powder1883 cocoa powder1884 brown powder1886 melinite1886 lyddite1888 rifleite1891 nitro powder1892 turpinite1895 nitro1900 shimose1904 1886 Daily News 2 Dec. 5/2 France and Germany are lavishing money upon repeating rifles, melanite [sic] shells, and iron-plated forts. 1887 Chicago Advance 3 Feb. 78/4 The new French explosive, melenite [sic],..resembles yellow clay. 1887 Nature 17 Mar. 472/2 The new gunpowder melinite has already begun its work of destruction. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 868/2 When filled with lyddite, melinite, &c., they are called high-explosive (H.E.) shell. 1926 Science 24 Sept. Suppl. p. x Thirty tons of melanite were used in setting off four explosions at La Courbine. 1937 F. P. Crozier Men I Killed vii. 133 High-explosive shells, gun-cotton, Lyddite, Melinite, mustard gases, [etc.]. 1968 New Scientist 7 Nov. 304/3 Molène favours the use of classic explosives such as TNT, Tolite, Melinite or Trinitrophenylamine. 1998 G. I. Brown Big Bang xii. 150 Tests on Melinite were carried out at Lydd in Hampshire and these were so successful that picric acid, under the name of Lyddite, became the principal shell filling in the United Kingdom. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1868n.²1886
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