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MAGAZINE , primarily a warehouse for goods or merchandise (Arab. makhzan, a storehouse, from khazana, to See also:

STORE (from O. Fr. estor or estoire, Late Lat. staurum or instaurum, stock, provisions, supply, from the late use of instaurare, to provide, properly to construct, renew, restore)

store up). In See also:

MOROCCO

Morocco makhzan (or maghzen) has come to be used as the name of the See also:

government. The Spaniards adopted the Arabic in the See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form magacen, and the See also:

ENGLISH

English form comes through the older See also:

French magazin, See also:

MODERN

modern magasin. The meaning of a storehouse or large See also:

SHOP

shop, See also:

COMMON

common in French, is rare in English except in the military use of the See also:

TERM

term for a See also:

BUILDING

building for the storage of See also:

EXPLOSIVES

explosives and See also:

AMMUNITION

ammunition. It is applied to the chamber of a repeating See also:

RIFLE

rifle or See also:

machine-See also:

GUN

gun containing the See also:

SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply of cartridges. The name as applied to a periodical publication containing articles on various subjects was first used in the See also:

GENTLEMAN (from Lat. gentilis, " belonging to a race or gens," and " man "; Fr. gentilhomme, Span. gentil hombre, Ital. gentil huomo, in its original and strict signification, a term denoting a man of good family, the Lat. generosus (its invariable transl

Gentleman's Magazine (1731), described as " a monthly collection, to treasure up as in a magazine " articles on the subjects with which it was proposed to See also:

DEAL

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