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minie ball
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minie ball, [From the inventor, Captain Minié, of France.].
A conical rifle bullet, with a cavity in its base plugged with a piece of iron, which, by the explosion of the charge, is driven farther in, expanding the sides to fit closely the grooves of the barrel. [1913 Webster]
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