Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Favier explosive \Fa`vier" ex*plo"sive\ [After the inventor, P.
   A. Favier, a Frenchman.]
   Any of several explosive mixtures, chiefly of ammonium
   nitrate and a nitrate derivative of naphthalene. They are
   stable, but require protection from moisture. As prepared it
   is a compressed cylinder of the explosive, filled with loose
   powder of the same composition, all inclosed in waterproof
   wrappers. It is used for mining.