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Webster 1913 Edition
Magistral
1.
Pertaining to a master; magisterial; authoritative; dogmatic.
2.
Commanded or prescribed by a magister, esp. by a doctor; hence, effectual; sovereign;
“Some magistral opiate.” as, a
. magistral
sirupBacon.
3.
(Pharmacy)
Formulated extemporaneously, or for a special case; – opposed to
officinal
, and said of prescriptions and medicines. Dunglison.
Magistral line
(Fort.)
, the guiding line, or outline, by which the form of the work is determined. It is usually the crest line of the parapet in fieldworks, or the top line of the escarp in permanent fortifications.
Mag′is-tral
,Noun.
1.
(Med.)
A sovereign medicine or remedy.
[Obs.]
Burton.
2.
(Fort.)
A magistral line.
3.
(Metal.)
Powdered copper pyrites used in the amalgamation of ores of silver, as at the Spanish mines of Mexico and South America.
Webster 1828 Edition
Magistral
MAG'ISTRAL
,Adj.
MAG'ISTRAL
,Noun.