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Definition of Gelly
1. Noun. A type of dynamite in which the nitroglycerin is absorbed in a base of wood pulp and sodium or potassium nitrate.
Definition of Gelly
1. n. Jelly.
Definition of Gelly
1. Noun. (obsolete form of jelly) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gelly
1. gelignite [n GELLIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gelly
Literary usage of Gelly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Law of Freedom and Bondage in the United States by John Codman Hurd (1858)
"The case of gelly vs. Cleve is spoken of in 1 Ld. Raymond, 147, as occurring ...
CB between gelly and Cleve, adjudged that trover will lie for a Negro boy ..."
2. The Law of Freedom and Bondage in the United States by John Codman Hurd (1858)
"The case of gelly vs. Cleve is spoken of in 1 Ld. Raymond, 147, as occurring ...
CB between gelly and Cleve, adjudged that trover will lie for a Negro boy ..."
3. The Philadelphia Medical Museum by John Redman Coxe (1808)
"... from the fame* gelly producible from Ivory Shavings. ... a gelly as from four
pounds of ox-bones. This practice is now. adopted ia the great ..."
4. Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Francis Lieber, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1831)
"This remarkable battle happened on the same day on which the Greeks were victorious
at .Marathon. It is celebrated in an ode gelly. (See Jelly.) by Pindar. ..."
5. Oxf. Hist. Soc by Oxford Historical Society (1886)
"Dishes of gelly 3000—cold Tartes baked 4000—Cold Custards baked 3000— Hot Pasties
of Venison 1500—Hot Custards ..."
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