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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Magistral

Māg'is-tral, a.

adjective

a. [Lat. magistralis, Fr., Pr., Sp., & Pg. magistral, It. magistrale. See MAGISTER.]

Sense 1. Suiting a magistrate; magisterial; authoritative.

Sense 2. Pertaining to a sovereign medicine or remedy. [Obs.] “Some magistral opiate.” Bacon.

Magistral line (Fort.), a magistral. See MAGISTRAL.

Măg'is-tral, n.

noun

n. 1. A sovereign medicine or remedy. [Obs.]

  1. (Fort.) The line where the scarp of a permanent fortification, if prolonged, would intersect the top of the coping or cordon. It is the master line, which regulates the form of the work.—Called also magistral line. Scott. Mahan.
  2. (Metal.) Roasted and powdered copper pyrites added to ores of silver when reduced to the state of a magma, in order to reduce the horn silver;—formerly so called at the Spanish mines of Mexico and South America.