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Minie Ball

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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.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Minie Ball'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​m/minie-ball.html. 1828.
 
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