Part 6735

<hw>Mael"strom</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Norw., a whirlpool.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A celebrated whirlpool on the coast of Norway.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Also Fig. ; <as>as, a <ex>maelstrom</ex> of vice</as>.</def>

<h1>M\'91nad</h1> <Xpage=881>

<hw>M\'91"nad</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Maenas</ets>, <ets>-adis</ets>, Gr. <?/, <?/, fr. <?/ to rave.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A Bacchante; a priestess or votary of Bacchus.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A frantic or frenzied woman.</def>

<h1>Maestoso</h1> <Xpage=881>

<hw>Ma`es*to"so</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a. & adv.</tt> <ety>[It.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>Majestic or majestically; -- a direction to perform a passage or piece of music in a dignified manner.</def>

<h1>Maestricht monitor</h1> <Xpage=881>

<hw>Maes"tricht mon"i*tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[So called from <ets>Maestricht</ets>, a town in Holland.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>The <spn>Mosasaurus Hofmanni</spn>. See <er>Mosasaurus</er>.</def>

<h1>Maestro</h1> <Xpage=881>

<hw>Ma*es"tro</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[It., fr. L. <ets>magister</ets>. See <er>Master</er>.]</ety> <def>A master in any art, especially in music; a composer.</def>

<h1>Maffle</h1> <Xpage=881>

<hw>Maf"fle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[Akin to OD. <ets>maffelen</ets> to stammer. Cf. <er>Muffle</er> to mumble.]</ety> <def>To stammer.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Maffler</h1> <Xpage=881>

<hw>Maf"fler</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A stammerer.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Magazine</h1> <Xpage=881>

<hw>Mag`a*zine"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>magasin</ets>, It. <ets>magazzino</ets>, or Sp. <ets>magacen</ets>, <ets>almagacen</ets>; all fr. Ar. <ets>makhzan</ets>, <ets>almakhzan</ets>, a storehouse, granary, or cellar.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A receptacle in which anything is stored, especially military stores, as ammunition, arms, provisions, etc.</def> "Armories and <i>magazines</i>."

<i>Milton.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The building or room in which the supply of powder is kept in a fortification or a ship.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A chamber in a gun for holding a number of cartridges to be fed automatically to the piece.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A pamphlet published periodically containing miscellaneous papers or compositions.</def>

<cs><col>Magazine dress</col>, <cd>clothing made chiefly of woolen, without anything metallic about it, to be worn in a powder magazine.</cd> -- <col>Magazine gun</col>, <cd>a portable firearm, as a rifle, with a chamber carrying cartridges which are brought automatically into position for firing.</cd> -- <col>Magazine stove</col>, <cd>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.</cd></cs>

<h1>Magazine</h1> <Xpage=881>

<hw>Mag`a*zine"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Magazined</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Magazining</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To store in, or as in, a magazine; to store up for use.</def>

<h1>Magaziner</h1> <Xpage=881>

<hw>Mag`a*zin"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who edits or writes for a magazine.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Goldsmith.</i>