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magnum

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mag=num

CIDE DICTIONARY

magnumn. [Neut. sing. of L. magnus great.].
  •  A large wine bottle.  [1913 Webster]
    "They passed the magnum to one another freely."  [1913 Webster]
  •  A bone of the carpus at the base of the third metacarpal bone.  [1913 Webster]
  •  A magnum pistol, or the cartridge such a pistol uses; as, he always carried a .44 magnum.  [PJC]
magnuma. 
  •  Having a larger charge than usual for a cartridge of the same caliber; -- of cartridges for handgun; as, a .44 magnum cartridge.  [PJC]
  •  Designed to use a cartridge with a larger charge than usual for handguns of the same caliber; -- of handguns; as, a .44 magnum pistol.  [PJC]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

magnum, n. (pl. magnums)
1 a wine bottle of about twice the standard size.
2 a a cartridge or shell that is especially powerful or large. b (often attrib.) a cartridge or gun adapted so as to be more powerful than its calibre suggests.

Etymology
L, neut. of magnus great

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