magas 
magas una'gaa), ii. [< Or. /taynr, the bridge of 
ueitliara r lyre: ^epdef. 1.] 1. Tin; bridge of 
a citliiini <n- i\ -re ; also, ;i I' ret, as of a lute. 2. 
I ''//.] [NL.] A genus of brachiopods of the 
family Tfri'liriitnliilti; ami typical of a subfam- 
ily Mtii/itniiiit'. Nitirrrlii/, 1816. 
magastromancerKma-^aH'tro-inaii-ser), . [< 
(!r. ,;<;, magician, + uarpov, a star, + uavreia, 
divination: sen axtroimtiicy.] An astrologist. 
The Mag-antro-mancer, or the magical astrological Di- 
viner. Ken. J. (Jaule (186!!). 
magazine (mag-a-zen'), . [= D. /_-// = 
(i. miigii^iii = Dan. Sw. iiiiii/nxiii, < OF, P. 111111/11- 
zht, now Htiii/attiH, < It. nini/n :::ino, < 8p. mni/n- 
CI-H, iiliinii/iii-i n, iiluiiiiTii = Pg. almazem, urutn- 
cem, a storehouse, < Ar. a/, the, + makhdziii 
(> Turk, makhazin), pi. of niiikliziin, uiiiklizen (> 
Turk, mnkli~fii), a storehouse, warehouse, of. 
/./!(.-, a storehouse, khasna, khazina, trea- 
sury, khasana, lay up in store; cf. Heb. khasan, 
lay up in store, mishenot, storehouses.] 1. A 
receptacle in which anything is stored; a store- 
house ; a warehouse. 
If it should appear fit to bestow shipping In those har- 
bours, it shall be very needful that there be a magazine 
of all necessary provisions and ammunitions. 
lialeiyh, Essays. 
The mind of man in a long life will become a magazine 
of wisdom or folly. .*.-/,, Taller, No. 132. 
Specifically (a) A strong building, constructed usually 
of brick or stone, for storing securely quantities of gun- 
powder or other explosive material, and warlike stores, for 
either industrial or military purposes, (6) The close room 
in the hold of a man-of-war where the ammunition is kept. 
(c) The cartridge-chamber of a magazine-rifle. (d) The 
fuel-chamber of a magazine-stove. See below. 
2. A pamphlet periodically published, contain- 
ing miscellaneous papers or compositions. The 
earliest publication of this kind in England was the "Gen- 
tleman's Magazine." which was first issued in 1731 by Ed- 
ward Cave, under the pseudonym of "Sylvanus Urban," 
and is still continued, though now entirely changed in 
character. Magazine-battery, in elect., a battery In 
which the strength of the liquid solution is maintained 
by a supply of the required substance in the form of crys- 
tals kept in a suitable receptacle. Compare Daniell cell, 
under r<7.'. Magazine-stove. a stove containing a fuel- 
chamber from which the flre is automatically fed with 
coal. Magnetic magazine. See magnetic. 
magazine (mag-a-zen'), v, ; pret. and pp. maya- 
:in<'il, ppr. mai/a~iniiii/. [< magazine, .] I, 
I ni nn. To store up or accumulate for future use. 
[Bare.] 
He entered among the Papists only to get information 
of persons and particulars, with such secrets as he could 
spy out, that being mayazined up in a diary might serve 
for materials. Roger North, Examen, p. 222. 
II. in trans. To conduct or edit a magazine. 
Of magazining chiefs, whose rival page 
With monthly medley courts the curious age. 
Byrom, The Passive Participle's Petition. 
magazine-gun (mag-a-zen'gun), n. A cannon 
or gun having the capacity of firing a num- 
ber of shots consecutively without pause for 
reloading; a battery-gun; a machine-gun; a 
repeating gun. See machine-gun. 
magaziner (mag-a-ze'nfer), n. [< magazine + 
-p)".l One who writes in a magazine. 
If a magaziner be dull upon the Spanish war, he soon 
has us up again witll the ghost in Cock-lane. 
Goldsmith, Essays, ix. 
magazine-rifle (mag-a-zen'ri^fl), . A repeat- 
ing rifle ; a rifle from which several shots may 
be fired in quick succession without reloading. 
It has a magazine or chamber which contains a variable 
number of metallic-case cartridges, which are fed auto- 
matically into the chamber of the bore, or held in reserve, 
the latter being the case in arms furnished with a cut-off, 
to enable them to be used as single-loaders. The maga- 
zine may be placed in the butt-stock, in the tip-stock, or 
above or on one side of the receiver, or it may oe detach- 
able, as in the Lee gun. The special forms of magazine- 
rides are very numerous. 
magazinist (mag-a-ze'nist), n. [< niayaziiif 4- 
-ixl. ] Same as magaziner. 
magdala (mag-da'lil), . [So called from May- 
liula in Abyssinia, captured by Gen. Napier 
(subsequently Lord Napier of Magdala) in 1868. 
Cf .mttijt n tn. Milferino, named f rombattle-fields. ] 
Naphthalene red. See red. 
magdalen, magdalene (mag'da-len, -leu), .. 
E-io called from Magdalen, Mary Magdalnu; < 
L. Magdalene,< Gr. (Map/a i})Mo)-(5a/;/iv/. (Mary ) 
of Magdala, fern, of Mayoa/U/i'of, of Magdala, < 
May<5a/, a town on the western shore of the sea 
of Galilee. < Heb. migiliil, a tower, < initial, be 
great or high. The allusion in the del', is to 
the "woman in the city, which was a sinner," 
mentioned in Luke vii. 37-50, and, as in the 
heading of that chapter, traditionally identi- 
fied (esp. since the 5th century, and in the West- 
ern Church, contrary to the tradition of the East- 
ern Qrarch) with Mary Magdalene as mentioned 
(in another connection) in the next chapter, 
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"Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went 
seven devils" (Luke viii. 2). This identifica- 
tion was doubtless assisted by a confusion of 
the three anointings, one by "a woman in 
the city'' (Luke vii. 37, as above), one by "a 
woman," also unnamed, in Bethany (Mat. xxvi. 
7 and Mark xiv. 3), and the third by " Mary," 
t lie sister of Martha and Lazarus, also in Beth- 
any (John xi. 2 and xii. 3). The game name, 
in the old form Maudlin, is the source of the 
adj. uiiiitilliii, in allusion to the tears of the re- 
pentant woman supposed to be Mary Magda- 
lene : see maudlin. Another form of the name 
is Madeline.] 1. A reformed prostitute. 
Very little of the Magdalene about her, . . . localise, 
though there may be Magdalene*, they are not often found. 
TrMupf, Autobiog., p. 239. 
2. Some plant, probably a radiate composite 
like Chrysanthemum Parthenium. 
These camels will live very well two or three dayei- with- 
out water; their feeding is on thistles, wormewood, may- 
tlalene, and other strong weeds. 
llaUuyt'i Voyages, IL 270. 
Magdalen hospital, or Magdalen asylum. See tuapi- 
tal. 
magdaleneum (mag'da-le-ne'um), . [< may- 
tMen, q. v.] A magdalen asylum or hospital. 
It [Fontevranlt] consisted of a nunnery for virgins and 
widows, a magdaleneum, a hospital for lepers and other dis- 
eased folk, a convent, and a church. Encyc. Brit. , IX. 866. 
magdaleon (rnag-da'le-on), . K OF. magda- 
leon, F. magdaleon, magdaleon, < Gr. fiay6a>.ia, 
magic 
of brightness may he jn.i-<'<! -i )>y the effect of strong moon- 
light. Which totally,. Illiterates t'l.r lesser. I. lit tl.lt, |Mite the 
i.-! cater." Though they resemble parts of the (ialaxy to the 
naked eye, their telescopic appearance is In marked con- 
trast, owing to the great number* of clusters and nebuhe 
u hieii they contain. 
magenta (ma-jen'tii), H. [< F. magenta, go 
called from .\ltti/ftii'in Italy, because this col- 
or was discovered in the year (1859) of the bat- 
tle of Magenta.] 1. A* rich and somewhat 
glaring red pigment. Also called aniline red and 
fitrlixin. 2. The color given by the pigment. 
Magenta 8. Same u aeifmagenta. 
magg't, . See mag 1 . 
magg 2 , v. t. See mag 6 . 
magged (magd), a. [Origin obscure.] Worn 
and stretched: said of a rope. 
maggett, An obsolete form of maggot. 
maggie (mag'i), . [< Maggie, a fern, name, 
dim. of Margaret. Ct.mag^t'iiiadije^.] The com- 
mon guillemot, Loniria truilc. [Scotch.] 
mon guillemot, 1/omCM trtnic. Lcotcu.j 
maggimonifeet (mag-i-mon'i-fet), n. [= 
gic miiiiy-feet.] A centiped. [Scotch 1 
Jr 
later form of airouaytiaXta, the crumb or inside 
of the loaf on which the Greeks wiped their 
hands at dinner, < awofidaaeiv, wipe oft, take an 
impression, model, < air6, off, + paaativ, knead : 
see mass 2 , magma.] 1. A medicine, as a pill, 
prepared with bread-crumb. 2. A roll of plas- 
ter. Dunglison. 
Brimstone . . . used crude ... is of a sadder colour ; 
or, after depuration, such as we have in magdaleons or rolls 
of a lighter yellow. Sir T. Broume, Vulg. Err., 11. 5. 
Magdeburg hemispheres. See hemisphere. 
mage (maj). . [< I\ mage = Sp. Pg. It. mago 
(fern, maga), a magician, < L. magtis(fem. maga), 
a magician (as adj. magical), < Gr. /tdjof, a magi- 
cian, enchanter, juggler, wizard (as adj. magi- 
cal); prop, a Magus, F.Mage = Sp. Pg. It. Mago, 
< L. Magus, pi. Magi, < Gr. Mayor, pi. Mayo<, 
one of the Magi or Magians, a Median tribe or 
caste, the priests or "wise men" of the an- 
cient Medes and Persians, prob. < Zend maz, 
great, akin to Gr. fiiyaf , L. magnus, great : see 
magnitude, main 3 . Hence magic, etc.] A ma- 
gician ; an enchanter ; a person expert in the 
black art. 
First entering, the dreadful! Magf there fownd, 
Deepe busied bout worke of wondrous end. 
Spenser, F. 0,, III. ill. 14. 
And there I saw mage Merlin, whose vast wit 
And hundred winters are but as the hands 
Of loyal vassals toiling for their liege. 
Tennyson, Coming of Arthur. 
Magellanic (maj- or mag-e-lan'ik), a. [< Magel- 
lan (Pg. Fernao do MagalhSes) + -ic.] Pertain- 
ing to or named after the Portuguese navigator 
Magellan (Portuguese Fernao de Magalhaes), 
died 1521. Magellanic clouds, a name given to two 
cloud-like tracts or patches of nebulous stars in the south- 
ern heavens, nearly in the pole of the Milky Way. They 
are visible as far north as 18 north latitude. According 
The Greater Magellanic Cloud. (From Gould.) 
to Sir .1. F. W. Herschel, "They aru, generally speak- 
ing, round, and somewhat oval, and the larger, which il<-- 
viates most from the circular form, exhibits the appear- 
ance of an axis of light, very ill-defined, and by no means 
strongly distinguished from the general mass. . . . The 
greater nebnlu occupies :in area of about 42 square degrees. 
I lir Ifssn , ti\r! s .ill. nit 111 square tU'Krt'rt*. Their degree 
magglet (mag'l), v. t. [Early mod. E. also mag- 
gil, magic; perhaps a var. of mangle 1 .] To man- 
gle; maul. 
Tharo he beheld ano cruell mafllit face. 
damn Douglas, tr. of Virgil, p. 181. (Jataietm. > 
maggot (mag'ot), n. [Early mod. E. also mag- 
get, maggi'tte; < ME. magot, magat, prob. < W. 
maceiad, macai, a maggot (cf. magiaid, grubs, 
magiad, breeding, inagad, a brood), < magu, 
breed, = Corn. Bret, maga, feed.] 1. Proper- 
ly, the larva of a fly or other insect ; hence, in 
general, a grub ; a worm : applied to footless 
larvse, and especially to the larvae of flies. 
Those flesh-flies of the land, 
Who fasten without mercy on the fair, 
And suck, and leave a craving maggot there. 
Coirper, Prog, of Err., 1. 324. 
2. A whim; a crotchet; an odd fancy: mostly 
in such expressions as a maggot in one's head. 
To tickle the maggot born in an empty head, 
And wheedle a world that loves him not. 
Tennyson, Mand, xxvii. 3. 
3f. A frisky fellow ; one given to pranks. 
Po. I admire you had so much prudence, when you 
were as great a maggot as any in the world when you were 
at Paris. 
Gl. Then my age did permit a little wildness. 
ff. Bailey, tr. of Colloquies of Erasmus, p. 177. (Davieg.) 
4. A whimsical impromptu melody or song. 
Rat -tail maggot. See Kratalu Seed-corn maggot, 
the larva of Anthomyia wo;(Kiley). A. S. Packard, Study 
of Insects, p. 411. (See also chteK-nuiggot, meat-maggot.) 
maggot-eater (mag'ot-e'ter), . A book-name 
of uirds of the genus Scolecophagus. 
maggotiness (mag'ot-i-nes), n. The state of 
being maggoty, or of abounding with maggots. 
maggotish (mag'ot-ish ), . [ < maggot + -ish ' . ] 
Maggoty ; whimsical. 
maggot-patedt (mag'ot -pa'ted), n. Same as 
maggoty-headed. 
maggot-piet, maggoty-piet, n. See mugot-pte. 
maggot-snipe (mag'ot-snip), . The turn- 
stone, Strepsilas interpret. [Long Island.] 
maggoty (mag'ot-i), a. [< maggot + -yl.] 1. 
Full of or infested with maggots. 2. Frisky : 
capricious; whimsical. [Bare.] 
To pretend to work out a neat scheme of thoughts with 
a maygotty, unsettled head is as ridiculous as to think to 
write straight in a jumbling coach. Harris. 
maggoty-headedt (mag'ot-i-hed'ed), a. Hav- 
ing a mind full of whims or crotchets; maggoty. 
Also maggot-pated. 
maggoty-piet, " See magpie. 
Magnrabin, a. and . Same as Mograbin. 
Magi, . Plural of Magus. 
Magian (ma'ji-an), a. and n. [< L. Magus, pi. 
Magi: see Magu/s.] I. a. Pertaining to the 
Magi, the priestly caste of ancient Persia. 
U. . A member of the priestly caste of an- 
cient Persia. See Magus, 1. 
One of the Magians, who, It Is to be remembered, are a 
tribe of the Medes, gave himself out for a brother of Cam- 
byses, expecting thus to he able to count upon the obedi- 
ence of the Persians as well. 
Von Xante, UniT. Hist, (trans.), p. 100. 
Magianism (ma'ji-an-izrn), n. [< Magian + 
-i.*in.] The philosophy, doctrines, traditions, 
and religious practices of the Magi. Magiantan 
was characterized by a religious dualism, supposing an 
original principle of evil, opposed to the original principle 
of good. Also Mayunn. 
magic (maj'ik), n. and n. [I. . Formerly also 
mtigick, magique; < ME. magik, magikr. < OF. 
iniiilitjue = Sp. mtigica = Pg. It. mngim, < L. 
unit/ice, ML. also mai/ica (si-, art, art), < Gr. /ia- 
;<>'/, mugic, prop. ndj. 'magical' (sc.rf^w/, art), 
but prig, 'of the Magi,' < Mujof, pi. Mdjio;, the 
Magi or priests or " wise men" of the Medesand 
I 't i siaus, reputed to be skilled in enchantment : 
