magazine (magazen)

[= D. magazijn G. magazin = Dan. Sw. magasin, OF. F. mag a zin, now magasin, Turk. makhazin ), pl. of makhzan, Turk. makhzen ), a storehouse, warehouse, ef. khizāna, a storehouse, khazna, khazina, treasury, khazana, lay up in store; cf. Heb. khāsan, lay up in store, mishenot, storehouses.] 1. A receptacle in which anything is stored; a storehouse; a warehouse. If it should appear fit to bestow shipping in those harbours, it shall be very needful that there be a magazine of all nece ary provisions and ammunitions. Raleigh , E ays, The mind of man in a long life will become a magazine of wisdom or folly. Steele, Tatler, No. 132. Specifically-(a) A strong building, constructed usually of brick or stone, for storing securely quantities of gunpowder or other explosive material, and warlike stores, for either industrial or military purposes. ( b ) 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, containing miscellaneous papers or compositions. The earliest publication of this kind in England was the "Gentleman's Magazine," which was first i ued in 1731 by Edward Cave, under the pseudonym of "Sylvan us 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 crystals kept in a suitable receptacle. Compare Daniell cell, under cell. Magazine-stove, a stove containing a fuel chamber from which the fire is automatically fed with coal.-Magnetic magazine. See magnetic. magazine (mag-a-zēn'), v.; pret. and pp. mag a zined, ppr. magazining. [ He entered among the Papists only to get information of persons and particulars, with such secrets as he could spy out, that being magazined up in a diary might serve for materials. Roger North, Examen, p. 222. .. Very little of the Magdalene about her, because, magged (magd), a. [Origin obscure.] Worn and stretched: said of a rope. though there may be Magdalenes , they are not often found. Trollope , Autobiog., p. 239. maggett, n. An obsolete form of maggot . 2. Some plant, probably a radiate composite like Chrysanthemum Parthenium.. These camels will live very well two or three dayes with out water; their feeding is on thistles, wormewood, mag dalene, and other strong weeds. Hakluyt's Voyages, II. 270. Magdalen hospital, or Magdalen asylum. See hospi tal. mag dale neum (magda-lē-nē'um), n. [