What does gun-paper mean?

gun-paper

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.71 in modern English

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"After rolling, the gun-paper is dried at 212° Fahr., and has the appearance of a compact grayish mass."
"In the same lecture he noticed the decomposition of gun-paper by exposure to oxygen."
"Another very good material is gun-paper. which has been immersed for a few seconds in a mixture of nitric and sulphuric acids, and then washed in an abundance of water."

gun-papers (plural) gun paper (alternative) gunpaper (alternative)

papyroxylin

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