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
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

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
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

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
• MACHINE (through Fr. from Lat. form machina of Gr. µnxavil)

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

deal .