·noun A large wine bottle.
II. Magnum ·noun A bone of the carpus at the base of the third metacarpal bone.
MAGNUM PROM, MAURETANIAE. [MARETANIA.] ...
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography
MAGNUM PROMONTORIUM(τὸ μέγα ἀκρωτήριον, Ptol. 7.2.7; Marcian, Peripl. p. 28), a promontory which for...
A bottle containing two quarts of wine. See scotch pint. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose