\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.