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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A structure or figure, often in the shape of an oval shield or oblong scroll, used as an architectural or graphic ornament or to bear a design or inscription.
  • n. An oval or oblong figure in ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics that encloses characters expressing the names or epithets of royal or divine personages.
  • n. A heavy paper cartridge case.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An ornamental figure, often on an oval shield.
  • n. an oval figure containing characters that represent the names of royal or divine people.
  • n. A paper cartridge.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A roll or case of paper holding a charge for a firearm; a cartridge.
  • n. A cartridge-box (which see).
  • n. A case of wood bound about with marline, containing several iron balls of a pound each and about 400 musket-balls, to be fired from a cannon or howitzer. Farrow, Mil. Encyc.
  • n. An oval or oblong figure on ancient Egyptian monuments and in papyri, containing groups of characters expressing the names or titles of royal personages and, rarely, of deities: a name given by Champollion.
  • n. A painted, engraved, or sculptured ornament of irregular or fantastic form, inclosing a plain central space used as a field for inscriptions, etc.
  • n. In heraldry, a name given in England to the oval escutcheon often seen in Italian heraldry, and generally considered to be peculiar to ecclesiastics.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a cartridge (usually with paper casing)
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    cartridge   
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    box    tablet    scroll   
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