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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Māg'ī-lis, n. p. 799(Zool.) A genus of gasteropodous mollusks, embracing but a single species (M. antiquus), found in the substance of masses of coral. It has a thin, spiral shell, consisting of four whorls, the last…Ma-gis'ter, n. p. 799Master; sir;—a title of the middle ages, equivalent to the modern title of doctor.Māg'is-tē'ri-al, a. p. 799Pertaining to a master; appropriate to a master; authoritative; hence, proud; lofty; imperious; domineering. Pretenses go a great way with men that take fair words and magisterial looks for current…Māg'is-tē'ri-al-ly, adv. p. 799With the air of a master; arrogantly; authoritatively.Măg'is-tē'ri-al-ness, n. p. 799The air and manner of a master; haughtiness; imperiousness; peremptoriness.Māg'is-tēr'y, n. p. 799Mastery of disease; powerful medical influence; renowned efficacy. Holland. 2. (Chem.) A precipitate; a fine substance deposited by precipitation;—usually applied to particular kinds of precipitate…Māg'is-tra-cy, n. p. 799The office or dignity of a magistrate. Dueling is not only a usurpation of the divine prerogative, but it is an insult upon magistracy. S. Richardson. 2. The body of magistrates.Māg'is-tral, a. p. 799Suiting a magistrate; magisterial; authoritative. 2. Pertaining to a sovereign medicine or remedy. [Obs.] “Some magistral opiate.” Bacon. Magistral line (Fort.), a magistral. See MAGISTRAL.Măg'is-tral, n. p. 799A sovereign medicine or remedy. [Obs.] 2. (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…Māg'is-trăl'i-ty, n. p. 799Despotic authority in opinion. [Obs.] Bacon.Māg'is-tral-ly, adv. p. 799Authoritatively; with imperiousness. [Obs.] Bramhall.Măg'is-trāte, n. p. 799A person clothed with power as a public civil officer; a public civil officer, invested with the executive government, or some branch of it. The magistrate must have his reverence; the laws, their…Măg'is-trāt'ic or Măg'is-trāt'ic-al, a. p. 800Having the authority of a magistrate. [R.] Bp. Taylor.Māg'is-trā'tūre, n. p. 800Magistracy. [Obs.]Māg'mā, n. p. 800Any crude mixture of mineral or organic matters, in the state of a thin paste. (Ore.) 2. (Med.) (a.) A thick residuum obtained from certain substances after the fluid parts are expressed from them…Māg'nā Chār'tā p. 800The great charter, so called, obtained by the English barons from King John, A. D. 1215. This name is also given to the charter granted to the people of England in the ninth year of Henry III., and…Mag-nā'l-i-ty, n. p. 800A great deed or feat; a grand or striking act. [Obs.] Browne.Māg'na-nīm'i-ty, n. p. 800The quality of being magnanimous; greatness of mind; elevation or dignity of soul, which encounters danger and trouble with tranquillity and firmness, which raises the possessor above revenge, which…Mag-nān'i-moŭs, a. p. 800Great of mind; elevated in soul or in sentiment; raised above what is low, mean, or ungenerous; of lofty spirit; as, a magnanimous prince or general. 2. Dictated by magnanimity; exhibiting nobleness…Mag-năn'i-moŭs-ly, adv. p. 800In a magnanimous manner; with greatness of mind.Māg'nase, a. p. 800(Paint.) Characterized as a color which dries rapidly when mixed with oil, and is of intense body; as, magnase black. Fairholt.Māg'nāte, n. p. 800A person of rank; a noble or grandee; a person of note or distinction in any sphere; as, literary magnates. “More than one of the magnates who bore that wide-spread name.” Macaulay. 2. One of the…Māg'nēs, n. p. 800Magnet. [Obs.] “Mighty magnes-stone.” Spenser.Mag-nē'si-ā, n. p. 800(Chem.) An earth; the oxide of magnesium. It occurs in nature as periclase. Carbonate of magnesia (Med.), a white pulverulent earth, used as a mild cathartic. Calcined magnesia is the burnt…Mag-nē'sian, a. p. 800Pertaining to magnesia, or partaking of its qualities; containing magnesia; resembling magnesia. Magnesian limestone. See PERMIAN.Măg'ne-sīte, n. p. 800(Min.) A silicate of magnesia containing a large quantity of water. The name is also given to a carbonate of magnesia. Dana.Mag-nē'si-ŭm, n. p. 800(Chem.) The undecomposable metallic base of magnesia.Māg'nēz-stōne, n. p. 800A magnet. [Obs.] “A hideous rock of mighty magnes-stone.” Spenser.Măg'net, n. p. 800The loadstone; a species of iron ore (the protoxide or octahedral), which has the property of attracting iron and some of its ores, and, when freely suspended, of pointing to the poles; natural…Mag-nĕt'ic, n. p. 800Any metal, as iron, nickel, cobalt, &c., which may receive, by any means, the properties of the loadstone, and which then, when suspended, fixes itself in the direction of a magnetic meridian. Dana.Mag-nĕt'ic or Mag-nĕt'ic-al, a. p. 800Pertaining to the magnet; possessing the properties of the magnet, or corresponding properties; as, a magnetic bar of iron, or a magnetic needle. 2. Pertaining to the earth's magnetism; as, the…Mag-nĕt'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 800By means of magnetism; by the power of attraction. Burton.Mag-nēt'ic-al-ness, n. p. 800The quality of being magnetic.Măg'ne-tī'çian, n. p. 800One versed in the science of magnetism; a magnetist.Mag-nět'ic-ness, n. p. 800The state of being magnetic; magneticalness. [Obs.]Mag-nět'ies, n. sing. p. 800The science or principles of magnetism. [See Note under MATHEMATICS.]Măg'net-if'er-ōus, a. p. 800Producing or conducting magnetism.Măg'net-ism, n. p. 800The agent or force in nature which gives rise to the phenomena of attraction, polarity, &c., exhibited by the loadstone and other magnetic bodies; the property of being magnetic. 2. The science which…Măg'net-ist, n. p. 800One versed in magnetism.Măg'net-ite, n. p. 800(Min.) An ore of iron which possesses polarity, and is strongly magnetic.Măg'net-i-zā'tion, n. p. 800The act of magnetizing.Măg'net-īze, v. t. p. 800To communicate magnetic properties to; as, to magnetize a needle. 2. To attract as if by a magnet; to move; to influence. “Thoroughly fascinated, magnetized, as it were, by his character.” Motley.Măg'net-īze, v. i. p. 800To acquire magnetic properties; to become magnetic; as, a bar of iron standing some time in an inclined position will magnetize. [Rare.]Măg'net-īz-ē', n. p. 800A person subjected to the influence of animal magnetism. [Rare.] Brande.Măg'net-īz'er, n. p. 800One who, or that which, imparts magnetism.Măg'net-o-e-lē'etric or Măg'net-o-e-lē'etric-al, a. p. 800Pertaining to magneto-electricity; as, magneto-electric apparatus. Dana.Măg/net-o-e-lec-tric'i-ty, n. p. 800Electricity evolved by the action of magnets. 2. That branch of science which treats of phenomena in which the principles of both magnetism and electricity are involved;—the reverse or counterpart of…Mag-nĕt'o-grăph, n. p. 800An automatic instrument for registering, by photography or otherwise, the states and variations of any of the terrestrial magnetic elements.Măg'net-ŏm'e-ter, n. p. 800An instrument for measuring any of the terrestrial magnetic elements, as the dip, declination, and intensity, especially the latter. [Also magneto-moter.]Măg'net-o-mét'rĭc, a. p. 800Pertaining to, or employed in, the measurement of magnetic forces; as, magnetometric instruments; obtained by means of a magnetometer; as, magnetometric measurements.Mäg'net-o-mō'tor, n. p. 800A voltaic series of two or more large plates producing a great quantity of electricity of low tension, and hence adapted to the exhibition of magneto-electric phenomena.Măg'nĭ-fĭ'a-ble, a. p. 800Capable of being magnified; worthy of being magnified or extolled.Mag-nĭf'ic or Mag-nĭf'ic-al, a. p. 800Grand; splendid; illustrious; magnificent. “These are thy magnific deeds.” Milton.Mag-nĭf'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 800In a magnificent manner.Mag-nĭf'i-căt, n. p. 800The song of the Virgin Mary, Luke i. 46;—so called because it commences with this word in the Latin Vulgate.Mag-nĭf'i-cāte, v. t. p. 800To magnify or extol. [Obs.] Marston.Mag-nĭf'ĭ-çĕnce, n. p. 800The condition or quality of being magnificent; munificence; liberality; grandeur of appearance; greatness and splendor of show or state; pomp. [Verona] can boast of possessing one of the noblest…Mag-nĭf'ĭ-cent, a. p. 800On a grand scale; generous; munificent; imposing with splendor; grand in appearance; splendid; pompous. Man he made, and for him built Magnificent this world. Milton. 2. Exhibiting grandeur. Syn.—See…Mag-nĭf'ĭ-cent-ly, adv. p. 800In a magnificent manner; with magnificence; with splendor of appearance, or pomp of show.Mag-nĭf'ĭ-ĕo, n. p. 800A grandee or nobleman of Venice;—so called in courtesy. Shak. 2. A rector of a German university.