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Minié ball (min′ē, min′ē ā′)

a cone-shaped rifle bullet used in the 19th cent.

Etymology: after C. E. Minié (1814-79), Fr inventor

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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