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{ } n. [ armosin, armoisin. ] A thick plain silk, generally black, and used for clerical. Simmonds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Benzoin. ] (Chem.) 1. A liquid consisting mainly of the lighter and more volatile hydrocarbons of petroleum or kerosene oil, used as a solvent and for cleansing soiled fabrics; -- called also petroleum spirit, petroleum benzine. Varieties or similar products are gasoline, naphtha, rhigolene, ligroin, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Same as Benzene. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The hydrocarbons of benzine proper are essentially of the marsh gas (paraffin) series, while benzene proper is the typical hydrocarbon of the aromatic series. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. bombasin, LL. bombacinium, bambacinium, L. bombycinus silken, bombycinum a silk or cotton texture, fr. bombyx silk, silkworm, Gr. &unr_;. Cf. Bombast, Bombycinous. ] A twilled fabric for dresses, of which the warp is silk, and the weft worsted. Black bombazine has been much used for mourning garments. [ Sometimes spelt bombasin, and bombasine. ] Tomlinson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. State of being breezy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A metal so prepared as to have the appearance of bronze. -- a. Made of bronzine; resembling bronze; bronzelike. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a drug derived from phenothiazine and used as a sedative and tranquilizer. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The state or quality of being cozy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The state of being broken down or weakened; as, the craziness of a ship, or of the limbs. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being broken in mind; imbecility or weakness of intellect; derangement. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. dysigness folly. See Dizzy. ] Giddiness; a whirling sensation in the head; vertigo. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being dozy; drowsiness; inclination to sleep. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being fozy; spiritlessness; dullness. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

[ The Whigs' ] foziness can no longer be concealed. Blackwood's. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being gauzy; flimsiness. Ruskin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A nitrogenous substance, forming a heavy, sandy powder, white or nearly so. It is a derivative of pyridine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being hazy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hydr- + azo- + -ine. ] (Chem.) Any one of a series of nitrogenous bases, resembling the amines and produced by the reduction of certain nitroso and diazo compounds; as, methyl hydrazine, phenyl hydrazine, etc. They are derivatives of hydrazine proper, H2N.NH2, which is a doubled amido group, recently (1887) isolated as a stable, colorless gas, with a peculiar, irritating odor. As a base it forms distinct salts. Called also diamide, amidogen, (or more properly diamidogen), etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ n. Also }. [ Tetrazo- + -ine. ] (Chem.) A hypothetical compound, C2H2N4 which may be regarded as benzene with four CH groups replaced by nitrogen atoms; also, any of various derivatives of the same. There are three isomeric varieties. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. The state or quality of being lazy. [ 1913 Webster ]

Laziness travels so slowly, that Poverty soon overtakes him. Franklin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. magasin, It. magazzino, or Sp. magacen, almagacen; all fr. Ar. makhzan, almakhzan, a storehouse, granary, or cellar. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A receptacle in which anything is stored, especially military stores, as ammunition, arms, provisions, etc. “Armories and magazines.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The building or room in which the supply of powder is kept in a fortification or a ship. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A chamber in a gun for holding a number of cartridges to be fed automatically to the piece. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A pamphlet published periodically containing miscellaneous papers or compositions. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A country or district especially rich in natural products. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

6. A city viewed as a marketing center. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

7. A reservoir or supply chamber for a stove, battery, camera, typesetting machine, or other apparatus. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

8. A store, or shop, where goods are kept for sale. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Magazined p. pr. & vb. n. Magazining. ] To store in, or as in, a magazine; to store up for use. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Photog.) A camera in which a number of plates can be exposed without reloading. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. One who edits or writes for a magazine. [ R. ] Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A rack or stand for displaying magazines{ 4 }. [ WordNet 1.6 ]

n. The state or quality of being mazy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being muzzy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. organsin; cf. Sp. organsino, It. organzino. ] A kind of double thrown silk of very fine texture, that is, silk twisted like a rope with different strands, so as to increase its strength. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Quinoline + hydrazine. ] (Chem.) any one of a series of nitrogenous bases, certain of which are used as antipyretics. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; root. ] (Bot.) A rootlike filament or hair growing from the stems of mosses or on lichens; a rhizoid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being sizy; viscousness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Quality of being sleazy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Tartaric + hydrazine. ] (Chem.) An artificial dyestuff obtained as an orange-yellow powder, and regarded as a phenyl hydrazine derivative of tartaric and sulphonic acids. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ n. Also }. [ Piperidine + azote + -ine. ] (Chem.) A crystalline substance, (C2H4NH)2, formed by action of ammonia on ethylene bromide, by reduction of pyrazine, etc. It is a strong base, and is used as a remedy for gout. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ n. Also }. [ Pyridine + Gr. &unr_; not + &unr_; life. ] (Org. Chem.) A feebly basic solid, C4H4N2, obtained by distilling piperazine with zinc dust, and in other ways. Also, by extension, any of various derivatives of the same. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]