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||Ma*es"tro (?), n. [It., fr. L.
magister. See Master.] A master in any art,
especially in music; a composer.

Maf"fle (?), v. i. [Akin to OD.
maffelen to stammer. Cf. Muffle to mumble.] To
stammer. [Obs.]

Maf"fler (?), n. A
stammerer. [Obs.]

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 stored,
especially military stores, as ammunition, arms, provisions,
etc. "Armories and magazines." Milton.

2. The building or room in which the supply
of powder is kept in a fortification or a ship.

3. A chamber in a gun for holding a number of
cartridges to be fed automatically to the piece.

4. A pamphlet published periodically
containing miscellaneous papers or compositions.

Magazine dress, clothing made chiefly of
woolen, without anything metallic about it, to be worn in a powder
magazine.


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