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What's The Definition Of Magazine?

\Mag`a*zine"\, n. [F. magasin, It. magazzino, or Sp. magacen, almagacen; all fr. Ar. makhzan, almakhzan, a storehouse, granary, or cellar.] 1. A receptacle in which anything is stored, especially military stores, as ammunition, arms, provisions, etc. ``Armories and magazines.'' --Milton. 2. The building or room in which the supply of powder is kept in a fortification or a ship. 3. A chamber in a gun for holding a number of cartridges to be fed automatically to the piece. 4. A pamphlet published periodically containing miscellaneous papers or compositions. {Magazine dress}, clothing made chiefly of woolen, without anything metallic about it, to be worn in a powder magazine. {Magazine gun}, a portable firearm, as a rifle, with a chamber carrying cartridges which are brought automatically into position for firing. {Magazine stove}, 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.
\Mag`a*zine"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Magazined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Magazining}.] To store in, or as in, a magazine; to store up for use.
\Mag`a*zine"\, n. 1. A country or district especially rich in natural products. 2. A city viewed as a marketing center. 3. A reservoir or supply chamber for a stove, battery, camera, typesetting machine, or other apparatus. 4. A store, or shop, where goods are kept for sale.