Magazine dress

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Magazine \Mag`a*zine"\, n. [F. magasin, It. magazzino, or Sp.
   magacen, almagacen; all fr. Ar. makhzan, almakhzan, a
   storehouse, granary, or cellar.]
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   1. A receptacle in which anything is stored, especially
      military stores, as ammunition, arms, provisions, etc.
      "Armories and magazines." --Milton.
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   2. The building or room in which the supply of powder is kept
      in a fortification or a ship.
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   3. A chamber in a gun for holding a number of cartridges to
      be fed automatically to the piece.
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   4. A pamphlet published periodically containing miscellaneous
      papers or compositions.
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   5. A country or district especially rich in natural products.
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   6. A city viewed as a marketing center.
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   7. A reservoir or supply chamber for a stove, battery,
      camera, typesetting machine, or other apparatus.
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   8. A store, or shop, where goods are kept for sale.
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   {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.
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