‖Mag″num (?), n. [Neut. sing. of L. magnus great.] 1. A large wine bottle.
They passed the magnum to one another freely. Sir W. Scott.
2. (Anat.) A bone of the carpus at the base of the third metacarpal bone.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.