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Magazine
() The building or room in which the supply of powder is kept in a fortification or a ship.
Magazine
() A chamber in a gun for holding a number of cartridges to be fed automatically to the piece.
Magazine
() A pamphlet published periodically containing miscellaneous papers or compositions.
Magazined
() of Magazine
Magazining
() of Magazine
Magazine
() To store in, or as in, a magazine; to store up for use.
Magaziner
() One who edits or writes for a magazine.
Magazining
() The act of editing, or writing for, a magazine.
Magazinist
() One who edits or writes for a magazine.
Magbote
() See Maegbote.
Magdala
() Designating an orange-red dyestuff obtained from naphthylamine, and called magdala red, naphthalene red, etc.
Magdalen
() A reformed prostitute.
Magdaleon
() A medicine in the form of a roll, a esp. a roll of plaster.
Magdeburg
() A city of Saxony.
Mage
() A magician.
Magellanic
() Of or pertaining to, or named from, Magellan, the navigator.
Magenta
() An aniline dye obtained as an amorphous substance having a green bronze surface color, which dissolves to a shade of red; also, the color; -- so called from Magenta, in Italy, in allusion to the battle fought there about the time the dye was discovered. Called also fuchsine, roseine, etc.
Magged
() Worn; fretted; as, a magged brace.
Maggiore
() Greater, in respect to scales, intervals, etc., when used in opposition to minor; major.
Maggot
() The footless larva of any fly. See Larval.
Maggot
() A whim; an odd fancy.
Maggotiness
() State of being maggoty.
Maggotish
() Full of whims or fancies; maggoty.
Maggot-pie
() A magpie.
Maggoty
() Infested with maggots.
Maggoty
() Full of whims; capricious.
Maghet
() A name for daisies and camomiles of several kinds.
Magi
() A caste of priests, philosophers, and magicians, among the ancient Persians; hence, any holy men or sages of the East.
Magian
() Of or pertaining to the Magi.
Magian
() One of the Magi, or priests of the Zoroastrian religion in Persia; an adherent of the Zoroastrian religion.
Magic
() A comprehensive name for all of the pretended arts which claim to produce effects by the assistance of supernatural beings, or departed spirits, or by a mastery of secret forces in nature attained by a study of occult science, including enchantment, conjuration, witchcraft, sorcery, necromancy, incantation, etc.
Magic
() Alt. of Magical
Magical
() Pertaining to the hidden wisdom supposed to be possessed by the Magi; relating to the occult powers of nature, and the producing of effects by their agency.
Magical
() Performed by, or proceeding from, occult and superhuman agencies; done by, or seemingly done by, enchantment or sorcery. Hence: Seemingly requiring more than human power; imposing or startling in performance; producing effects which seem supernatural or very extraordinary; having extraordinary properties; as, a magic lantern; a magic square or circle.
Magically
() In a magical manner; by magic, or as if by magic.
Magician
() One skilled in magic; one who practices the black art; an enchanter; a necromancer; a sorcerer or sorceress; a conjurer.
Magilp
() Alt. of Magilph
Magilph
() See Megilp.
Magister
() Master; sir; -- a title of the Middle Ages, given to a person in authority, or to one having a license from a university to teach philosophy and the liberal arts.
Magisterial
() Of or pertaining to a master or magistrate, or one in authority; having the manner of a magister; official; commanding; authoritative. Hence: Overbearing; dictatorial; dogmatic.
Magisterial
() Pertaining to, produced by, or of the nature of, magistery. See Magistery, 2.
Magisteriality
() Magisterialness; authoritativeness.
Magisterially
() In a magisterial manner.
Magisterialness
() The quality or state of being magisterial.
Magistery
() Mastery; powerful medical influence; renowned efficacy; a sovereign remedy.
Magistery
() A magisterial injunction.
Magistery
() A precipitate; a fine substance deposited by precipitation; -- applied in old chemistry to certain white precipitates from metallic solutions; as, magistery of bismuth.
Magistracies
() of Magistracy
Magistracy
() The office or dignity of a magistrate.
Magistracy
() The collective body of magistrates.
