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Magged (?), a. (Naut.)
Worn; fretted; as, a magged brace. Ham. Nav.
Encyc.

||Mag`gio"re (?), a. [It., from L.
major, compar. of magnus great. See Major.]
(Mus.) Greater, in respect to scales, intervals, etc.,
when used in opposition to minor; major. Moore
(Encyc. of Music).

Mag"got (?), n. [W. macai, pl.
maceiod, magiod, a worn or grub; cf. magu to
bread.] 1. (Zoöl.) The footless
larva of any fly. See Larval.

2. A whim; an odd fancy. Hudibras.
Tennyson.

Mag"got*i*ness (?), n. State of
being maggoty.

Mag"got*ish, a. Full of whims or
fancies; maggoty.

Mag"got-pie` (?), n. A
magpie. [Obs.] Shak.

Mag"got*y (?), a. 1.
Infested with maggots.


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