n. [ F. magasin, It. magazzino, or Sp. magacen, almagacen; all fr. Ar. makhzan, almakhzan, a storehouse, granary, or cellar. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 1. A receptacle in which anything is stored, especially military stores, as ammunition, arms, provisions, etc. “Armories and magazines.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. The building or room in which the supply of powder is kept in a fortification or a ship. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. A chamber in a gun for holding a number of cartridges to be fed automatically to the piece. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. A pamphlet published periodically containing miscellaneous papers or compositions. [ 1913 Webster ] 5. A country or district especially rich in natural products. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] 6. A city viewed as a marketing center. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] 7. A reservoir or supply chamber for a stove, battery, camera, typesetting machine, or other apparatus. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] 8. A store, or shop, where goods are kept for sale. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
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