Definition of Cheddites

1. cheddite [n] - See also: cheddite

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cheddites

checkups
checkweighman
checkweighmen
checkwork
checky
checquy
chedda
cheddar
cheddar cheese
cheddar pink
cheddared
cheddarlike
cheddars
cheddary
cheddite
cheddites (current term)
cheder
chederim
cheders
chedi
chedis
chedite
chedites
chee-chee
chee-chees
chee chee
chee chees
cheeba
cheechako
cheechakoes

Literary usage of Cheddites

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1912)
"The method of manufacture of ' cheddites ' is to heat the castor oil by ... The stability of ' cheddites ' is said to be increased on prolonged storage. ..."

2. The New World of Science: Its Development During the War by Robert Mearns Yerkes (1920)
"Black gunpowder played a subsidiary part as used in trench mortars and pyrotechnic devices, while cheddites, ..."

3. A Short Account of Explosives by Arthur Marshall (1917)
"These explosives are called cheddites, from Chedde, the place in Haute Savoie, where the chlorate is manufactured by electrolytic methods. ..."

4. Military Pyrotechnics by Henry Burnell Faber, Marvin Dana (1919)
"As in the case of other cheddites, the velocity of detonation rises with increase of density 'to a maximum, after which it falls in consequence of the ..."

5. Engineer Field Manual ...: I. Reconnaissance. II. Bridges. III. Roads. IV by United States War Dept (1917)
"cheddites in which castor oil is used is the most common form, is not highly sensitive to shock or friction, but has the disadvantage of easily becoming ..."

6. Engineer Field Manual ...: I. Reconnaissance. II. Bridges. III. Roads. IV by United States War Dept (1917)
"cheddites in which castor oil is used is the most common form, is not highly sensitive to shock or friction, but has the disadvantage of easily becoming ..."

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