An old four-pounder gun about 7 feet long. Its point-blank range was 120 paces, with a random one of 1500. Bourne, in 1578, mentions the minion as requiring shot 3 inches in diameter.
·adj Fine; trim; dainty. II. Minion ·noun <<Minimum>>. III. Minion ·noun A small kind of type, in ...
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