\Mag"is*tral\, a. [L. magistralis: cf. F. magistral.
See {Magistrate}.]
1. Pertaining to a master; magisterial; authoritative;
   dogmatic.
2. Commanded or prescribed by a magister, esp. by a doctor;
   hence, effectual; sovereign; as, a magistral sirup. ``Some
   magistral opiate.'' --Bacon.
3. (Pharmacy) Formulated extemporaneously, or for a special
   case; -- opposed to {officinal}, and said of prescriptions
   and medicines. --Dunglison.
{Magistral line} (Fort.), the guiding line, or outline, or
   outline, by which the form of the work is determined. It
   is usually the crest line of the parapet in fieldworks, or
   the top line of the escarp in permanent fortifications.

\Mag"is*tral\, n.
1. (Med.) A sovereign medicine or remedy. [Obs.] --Burton.
2. (Fort.) A magistral line.
3. (Metal.) Powdered copper pyrites used in the amalgamation
   of ores of silver, as at the Spanish mines of Mexico and
   South America.