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Definition of Tonite
1. n. An explosive compound; a preparation of gun cotton.
Definition of Tonite
1. Noun. (US informal entertainment industry) (alternative spelling of tonight) ¹
2. Noun. An explosive compound; a preparation of guncotton. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tonite
1. a blasting explosive [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tonite
Literary usage of Tonite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lectures on Explosives: A Course of Lectures Prepared Especially as a Manual by Willoughby Walke (1900)
"Practically, standard tonite consists of Guncotton 52.5 parts. ... tonite is
whitish in appearance, very dense, burns slowly and without danger; ..."
2. Lectures on Explosives: A Course of Lectures Prepared Especially as a Manual by Willoughby Walke (1897)
"Practically, standard tonite consists of Guncotton 52.5 parts. ... tonite is
whitish in appearance, very dense, burns slowly and without danger ..."
3. The Blasting of Rock in Mines, Quarries, Tunnels, Etc: A Scientific and by Albert William Daw, Zacharias Williams Daw (1909)
"tonite, like dynamite, is one of the " high" explosives, but differs from ...
tonite can only be fired by a specially prepared detonator of a very strong ..."
4. Rock Blasting: A Practical Treatise on the Means Employed in Blasting Rocks by George Guillaume André (1878)
"Cotton Powder, or tonite.—The explosive which is now well known as " tonite ...
The convenient form in which tonite is made up, ready to the miner's hand, ..."
5. A Handbook on Modern Explosives: A Practical Treatise on the Manufacture and by Manuel Eissler (1897)
"C. Powders—Johnson-s Powders—Punshon-s Gun-cotton—Totten's Gunpowder— tonite —
Professor Attfield-s Experiments with tonite — General Abbot on ..."
6. The Blasting of Rock in Mines, Quarries, Tunnels, Etc: A Scientific and by Albert William Daw, Zacharias Williams Daw (1898)
"tonite.—tonite, like dynamite, is one of the " high" explosives, but differs from
the majority of this class, inasmuch as it does not contain any glycerine ..."
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