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| magazine | 1. A receptacle in which anything is stored, especially military stores, as ammunition, arms, provisions, etc. "Armories and magazines." 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. Origin: F. Magasin, It. Magazzino, or Sp. Magacen, almagacen; all fr. Ar. Makhzan, almakhzan, a storehouse, granary, or cellar. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| nigeria | A republic in western africa, south of niger between benin and cameroon. Its capital is lagos. From the time it was visited in the 18th and 19th centuries by many european explorers, figuring in its administrative history were great britain, the native king, sierra leone, and the gold coast colony. Nigeria gained independence in 1960, becoming a republic in 1961. Nigeria derives its name from the niger river which flows through it. (12 Dec 1998) |
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