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Minie Ball
Webster's Dictionary
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.