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cartouch
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cartouch, n. [F. cartouche, It. cartuccia, cartoccio, cornet, cartouch, fr. L. charta paper. See 1st Card, and cf. Cartridge.].
- A roll or case of paper, etc., holding a charge for a firearm; a cartridge [1913 Webster]
- A cantalever, console, corbel, or modillion, which has the form of a scroll of paper [1913 Webster]
- An oval figure on monuments, and in papyri, containing the name of a sovereign. [1913 Webster]
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