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Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. A roll or case of paper, etc., holding a charge for a firearm; a cartridge.

2. A cartridge box.

3. A wooden case filled with balls, to be shot from a cannon.

4. A gunner's bag for ammunition.

5. A military pass for a soldier on furlough.

6. A cantalever, console, corbel, or modillion, which has the form of a scroll of paper.

7. A tablet for ornament, or for receiving an inscription, formed like a sheet of paper with the edges rolled up; hence, any tablet of ornamental form.

8. An oval figure on monuments, and in papyri, containing the name of a sovereign.

Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Structured JSON vendored from sktzofrenic/webster1828 at commit 5a58d9e0191eefaa51affbc1bb1b8bc5782ba6c0. The upstream README identifies the dictionary text as public domain and the project license as MIT.

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