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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.

Mag*da"le*on (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;
crumb of bread, fr. &?; to knead.] (Med.) A medicine in
the form of a roll, a esp. a roll of plaster.

Mag"de*burg (?), n. A city of
Saxony.

Magdeburg centuries, Magdeburg
hemispheres. See under Century, and
Hemisphere.

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

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
clouds.

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 from Magenta, in Italy, in allusion to the
battle fought there about the time the dye was discovered.


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