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CARTRIDGE (corruption of Fr. cartouche)
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CARTRIDGE (corruption of Fr. cartouche), a case, of brass or other metal, cardboard, silk, flannel, &c., containing an ex-plosive charge, and usually the projectile also, for small arms and ordnance (see AMMUNITION).