The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Magazine \Mag`a*zine"\, n. [F. magasin, It. magazzino, or Sp.
magacen, almagacen; all fr. Ar. makhzan, almakhzan, a
storehouse, granary, or cellar.]
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1. A receptacle in which anything is stored, especially
military stores, as ammunition, arms, provisions, etc.
"Armories and magazines." --Milton.
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2. The building or room in which the supply of powder is kept
in a fortification or a ship.
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3. A chamber in a gun for holding a number of cartridges to
be fed automatically to the piece.
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4. A pamphlet published periodically containing miscellaneous
papers or compositions.
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5. A country or district especially rich in natural products.
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6. A city viewed as a marketing center.
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7. A reservoir or supply chamber for a stove, battery,
camera, typesetting machine, or other apparatus.
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8. A store, or shop, where goods are kept for sale.
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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.
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