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Definition of: Minie ball
(min′ē·ā, min′ē; Fr. mē·nyā′)
A conical rifle ball with hollow base and a plug driven in by the explosion of the charge to expand the lead and fill the grooves of the rifling: formerly used in the Minié rifle, specially designed for it. [after Capt. Claude Etienne Minié, 1814–79, French inventor]
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