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Webster 1913 Edition
Magazine
Magˊa-zine′
,Noun.
[F.
magasin
, It. magazzino
, or Sp. magacen
, almagacen
; all fr. Ar. makhzan
, almakhzan
, a storehouse, granary, or cellar.] 1.
A receptacle in which anything is stored, especially military stores, as ammunition, arms, provisions, etc.
“Armories and magazines.” Milton.
2.
The building or room in which the supply of powder is kept in a fortification or a ship.
3.
A chamber in a gun for holding a number of cartridges to be fed automatically to the piece.
4.
A pamphlet published periodically containing miscellaneous papers or compositions.
Magazine dress
, clothing made chiefly of woolen, without anything metallic about it, to be worn in a powder magazine.
– Magazine gun
, a portable firearm, as a rifle, with a chamber carrying cartridges which are brought automatically into position for firing.
– Magazine stove
, a stove having a chamber for holding fuel which is supplied to the fire by some self-feeding process, as in the common base-burner.
Magˊa-zine′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Magazined
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Magazining
.] To store in, or as in, a magazine; to store up for use.
Webster 1828 Edition
Magazine
MAGAZINE
, n.1.
A store of arms, ammunition or provisions; or the building in which such store is deposited. It is usually a public store or storehouse.2.
In ships of war, a close room in the hold, where the gunpowder is kept. Large ships have usually two magazines.3.
A pamphlet periodically published, containing miscellaneous papers or compositions. The first publication of this kind in England, was the Gentleman's Magazine, which first appeared in 1731,under the name of Sylvanus Urban, by Edward Cave, and which is still continued.