Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Maffler

Maf″fler (?), n. A stammerer.

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Magazine

Mag′a‐zine″ (?), n. [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...

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Magazine (2)

Mag′a‐zine″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Magazined (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Magazining.] To store in, or as in, a magazine; to store up for use.

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Magazine (3)

Mag′a‐zine″, n. 1. A country or district especially rich in natural products.2. A city viewed as a marketing center.3. A reservoir or supply chamber for a stove, battery, camera...

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Magazine camera

Magazine camera. (Photog.) A camera in which a number of plates can be exposed without reloading.

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Magaziner

Mag′a‐zin″er (?), n. One who edits or writes for a magazine. Goldsmith.

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Magazining

Mag′a‐zin″ing, n. The act of editing, or writing for, a magazine. Byron.

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Magazinist

Mag′a‐zin″ist, n. One who edits or writes for a magazine.

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Magbote (2)

Mag″bote′ (?), n. See Mægbote.

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Magdala

Mag″da‐la (?), a. Designating an orange-red dyestuff obtained from naphthylamine, and called magdala red, naphthalene red, etc.

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Magdalen

Mag″da‐len (?), n. [From Mary Magdalene, traditionally reported to have been the repentant sinner forgiven by Christ. See Luke vii. 36.] A reformed prostitute.

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Magdaleon

Mag‐da″le‐on (?), n.(Med.) A medicine in the form of a roll, a esp. a roll of plaster.

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Magdeburg

Mag″de‐burg (?), n. A city of Saxony.Magdeburg centuries, Magdeburg hemispheres. See under Century, and Hemisphere.

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Mage

Mage (?), n. [F. mage. See Magi.] A magician. Spenser. Tennyson.

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Magellanic

Mag′el‐lan″ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to, or named from, Magellan, the navigator.Magellenic clouds(Astron.), three conspicuous nebulæ near the south pole, resembling thin white...

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Magenta

Ma‐gen″ta (?), n.(Chem.) 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 f...

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Magged

Magged (?), a.(Naut.) Worn; fretted; as, a magged brace. Ham. Nav. Encyc.

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Maggiore

‖Mag′gio″re (?), a. [It., from L. major, compar. of magnus great. See Major.] (Mus.) Greater, in respect to scales, intervals, etc., when used in opposition to minor; major. Moo...

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Maggot

Mag″got (?), n. [W. macai, pl. maceiod, magiod, a worn or grub; cf. magu to bread.] 1. (Zoöl.) The footless larva of any fly. See Larval.2. A whim; an odd fancy. Hudibras. Tenny...

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Maggot-pie

Mag″got–pie′ (?), n. A magpie. Shak.

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Maggotiness

Mag″got‐i‐ness (?), n. State of being maggoty.

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Maggotish

Mag″got‐ish, a. Full of whims or fancies; maggoty.

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Maggoty

Mag″got‐y (?), a. 1. Infested with maggots.2. Full of whims; capricious. Norris.

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Maghet

Ma″ghet (?), n. [Cf. Fl. maghet maid.] (Bot.) A name for daisies and camomiles of several kinds.

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Magi

‖Ma″gi (?), n. pl. [L., pl. of Magus, Gr. �; of Per. origin. Cf. Mage, Magic.] A caste of priests, philosophers, and magicians, among the ancient Persians; hence, any holy men o...

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Magian

Ma″gi‐an (?), a. Of or pertaining to the Magi.

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Magian (2)

Ma″gi‐an, n. One of the Magi, or priests of the Zoroastrian religion in Persia; an adherent of the Zoroastrian religion. — Ma″gi‐an‐ism (#), n.