Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter M - Page 3
Mad () Obs. p. p. of Made. -- Chaucer.
Mad (a.) 發瘋的，發狂的；瘋狂的，狂熱的 [（+with）] Disordered in intellect; crazy; insane.
I have heard my grandsire say full oft, Extremity of griefs would make men mad. -- Shak.
Mad (a.) Excited beyond self-control or the restraint of reason; inflamed by violent or uncontrollable desire, passion, or appetite; as, to be mad with terror, lust, or hatred; mad against political reform.
It is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols. -- Jer. 1. 88.
And being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities. -- Acts xxvi. 11.
Mad (a.) Proceeding from, or indicating, madness; expressing distraction; prompted by infatuation, fury, or extreme rashness. "Mad demeanor." -- Milton.
Mad wars destroy in one year the works of many years of peace. -- Franklin.
The mad promise of Cleon was fulfilled. -- Jowett (Thucyd.).
Mad (a.) Extravagant; immoderate. "Be mad and merry." -- Shak. "Fetching mad bounds." -- Shak.
Mad (a.) Furious with rage, terror, or disease; -- said of the lower animals; as, a mad bull; esp., having hydrophobia; rabid; as, a mad dog.
Mad (a.) Angry; out of patience; vexed; as, to get mad at a person. [Colloq.]
Mad (a.) Having impaired polarity; -- applied to a compass needle. [Colloq.]
Like mad, Like a mad person; in a furious manner; as, to run like mad. -- L'Estrange.
To run mad. (a) To become wild with excitement.
To run mad. (b) To run wildly about under the influence of hydrophobia; to become affected with hydrophobia.
To run mad after, To pursue under the influence of infatuation or immoderate desire. "The world is running mad after farce." -- Dryden.
Madded (imp. & p. p.) of Mad.
Madding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mad.
Mad (v. t.) 【罕】使發狂；激怒 To make mad or furious; to madden.
Had I but seen thy picture in this plight, It would have madded me. -- Shak.
Mad (v. i.) 【罕】發狂；發怒 To be mad; to go mad; to rave. See Madding. [Archaic] -- Chaucer.
Festus said with great voice, Paul thou maddest. -- Wyclif (Acts).
Had I but seen thy picture in this plight, It would have madded me. -- Shak.
Mad (n.) (Zool.) 蚯蚓 An earthworm. [Written also made.]
Mad (n.) 狂怒 [U] A fit or mood of bad temper.
Mad (n.) Anger, Fury.
Mad (a.) Roused to anger; "stayed huffy a good while"- Mark Twain; "she gets mad when you wake her up so early"; "mad at his friend"; "sore over a remark" [syn: {huffy}, {mad}, {sore}].
Mad (a.) Affected with madness or insanity; "a man who had gone mad" [syn: {brainsick}, {crazy}, {demented}, {disturbed}, {mad}, {sick}, {unbalanced}, {unhinged}].
Mad (a.) Marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion; "a crowd of delirious baseball fans"; "something frantic in their gaiety"; "a mad whirl of pleasure" [syn: {delirious}, {excited}, {frantic}, {mad}, {unrestrained}].
Mad (a.) Very foolish; "harebrained ideas"; "took insane risks behind the wheel"; "a completely mad scheme to build a bridge between two mountains" [syn: {harebrained}, {insane}, {mad}].
MAD, () Memory Address Driver strength (BIOS).
MAD, () Message Address Directory
MAD, () Militaerischer AbschirmDienst (mil., org.)
MAD, () Michigan Algorithm Decoder.
MAD, () A data flow language.
["Implementation of Data Structures on a Data Flow Computer", D.L. Bowen, Ph.D. Thesis, Victoria U Manchester, Apr 1981].
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MAD (a.) Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence; not conforming to standards of thought, speech and action derived by the conformants from study of themselves; at odds with the majority; in short, unusual. It is noteworthy that persons are pronounced mad by officials destitute of evidence that themselves are sane. For illustration, this present (and illustrious) lexicographer is no firmer in the faith of his own sanity than is any inmate of any madhouse in the land; yet for aught he knows to the contrary, instead of the lofty occupation that seems to him to be engaging his powers he may really be beating his hands against the window bars of an asylum and declaring himself Noah Webster, to the innocent delight of many thoughtless spectators.
Madagascar (n.) 馬達加斯加共和國，簡稱馬達加斯加，前稱馬拉加西共和國，是一個位於非洲東南部近海的印度洋島嶼國家，該國包括馬達加斯加島（世界第四大島）及其周邊多個比較小的島嶼。岡瓦那超大陸在早侏羅紀解體後，馬達加斯加島在約8800萬年前從印度板塊分裂，當地的原生動植物因此得以在相對隔離的自然條件下演化。馬達加斯加也因此成為生物多樣性熱點地區，90%的野生動植物都是該國獨有。但是，島上多樣化的生態系統和獨特的野生動植物種類也日益受到迅速增長人口侵占的威脅。
Officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of East Africa. The nation comprises the island of Madagascar (the fourth-largest island in the world), and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Following the prehistoric breakup of the supercontinent Gondwana, Madagascar split from the Indian peninsula around 88 million years ago, allowing native plants and animals to evolve in relative isolation. Consequently, Madagascar is a biodiversity hotspot; over 90% of its wildlife is found nowhere else on Earth. The island's diverse ecosystems and unique wildlife are threatened by the encroachment of the rapidly growing human population and other environmental threats.
Madams (n. pl. ) of Madam.
Mesdames (n. pl. ) of Madam..
Madam (n.) A gentlewoman; -- an appellation or courteous form of address given to a lady, especially an elderly or a married lady; -- much used in the address, at the beginning of a letter, to a woman.
The corresponding word in addressing a man is Sir ; often abbreviated ma'am when used as a term of address.
Madam (n.) The woman who is in charge of a household.
Madam (n.) The woman who is in charge of a brothel.
Madam (n.) A woman of refinement; "a chauffeur opened the door of the limousine for the grand lady" [syn: dame, madam, ma'am, lady, gentlewoman].
Madam (n.) A woman who runs a house of prostitution [syn: madam, brothel keeper].
Mesdames (n. pl. ) of Madame.
Madame (n.) My lady; -- a French title formerly given to ladies of quality; now, in France, given to all married women. -- Chaucer. Mad-apple
Madame (n.) Title used for a married Frenchwoman.
Mad-apple, Mad apple (n.) (Bot.) The eggplant bush ({Solanum melongena). See Eggplant.
Syn: eggplant, aubergine, brinjal, eggplant bush, garden egg, Solanum melongena.
Mad-apple, Mad apple (n.) The fruit of the eggplant bush, a large egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purple but occasionally white or yellow.
Syn: eggplant, aubergine.
Madbrain (a.) Hot-headed; rash. -- Shak.
Madbrain (n.) A rash or hot-headed person.
Madbrained (a.) Disordered in mind; hot-headed. -- Shak.
Madcap (a.) Inclined to wild sports; delighting in rash, absurd, or dangerous amusements. "The merry madcap lord." -- Shak.
Madcap (a.) Wild; reckless. "Madcap follies" -- Beau. & Fl.
Madcap (n.) A person of wild behavior; an excitable, rash, violent person. -- Shak.
Madcap (a.) Characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation; "a hotheaded decision"; "liable to such impulsive acts as hugging strangers"; "an impetuous display of spending and gambling"; "madcap escapades"; (`brainish' is archaic) [syn: hotheaded, impulsive, impetuous, madcap, tearaway(a), brainish].
Madcap (n.) A reckless impetuous irresponsible person [syn: daredevil, madcap, hothead, swashbuckler, lunatic, harum-scarum].
MADCAP, () Multicast Address Dynamic Client Allocation Protocol (RFC 2730, Multicast).
MADCAP, () Math and set problems, for the Maniac II and CDC 6600. "MADCAP - A Scientific Compiler for a Displayed Formula Texbook Language", M.B. Wells, CACM 4(1):31-36 (Jan 1961). Sammet 1969, pp.271-281. Versions: Madcap 5 (1964), Madcap 6. "The Unified Data Structure Capability in Madcap 6", M.B. Wells et al, Intl J Comp Info Sci 1(3) (sep 1972).
Maddened (imp. & p. p.) of Madden.
Maddening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Madden.
Madden (v. t.) To make mad; to drive to madness; to drive to insanity; to craze.
Madden (v. t.) To make very angry; to enrage; to excite violently with passion.
Maddened (a.) filled with or indicating extreme anger.
Syn: angered, enraged, furious, infuriated.
Maddened (a.) Marked by extreme anger; "the enraged bull attached"; "furious about the accident"; "a furious scowl"; "infuriated onlookers charged the police who were beating the boy"; "could not control the maddened crowd" [syn: angered, enraged, furious, infuriated, maddened].
Madder (n.) (Bot.) A plant of the Rubia (R. tinctorum). The root is much used in dyeing red, and formerly was used in medicine. It is cultivated in France and Holland. See Rubiaceous.
Note: Madder is sometimes used in forming pigments, as lakes, etc., which receive their names from their colors, such as madder yellow.
Field madder, An annual European weed ({Sherardia arvensis) resembling madder.
Indian madder, The East Indian Rubia cordifolia, used in the East for dyeing; -- called also munjeet.
Wild madder, Rubia peregrina of Europe; also the Galium Mollugo, a kind of bedstraw.
Madder (n.) Eurasian herb having small yellow flowers and red roots formerly an important source of the dye alizarin [syn: madder, Rubia tinctorum].
Madder (v.) Color a moderate to strong red.
Madderwort (n.) (Bot.) A name proposed for any plant of the same natural order ({Rubiaceae) as the madder.
Madderwort (n.) Any of numerous trees or shrubs or vines of the family Rubiaceae [syn: madderwort, rubiaceous plant].
Madding (a.) Affected with madness; raging; furious. -- Mad"ding*ly, adv. [Archaic]
Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife. -- Gray.
The madding wheels Of brazen chariots raged. -- Milton.
Maddish (a.) Somewhat mad. -- Beau. & Fl. mad-dog skullcap
Mad (n.) (Zool.) An earthworm. [Written also made.]
Made (n.) See Mad, n.
Made () imp. & p. p. of Make.
Made (a.) Artificially produced; pieced together; formed by filling in; as, made ground; a made mast, in distinction from one consisting of a single spar.
Having the sheets and blankets set in order; -- of a bed; as, is the bed made?.
Made (a.) Successful or assured of success; as, a self-made man.
Now I am a made man forever. -- Christopher Marlowe
Made up (a) Complete; perfect. "A made up villain." -- Shak.
Made up (b) Falsely devised; fabricated; as, a made up story.
Made up (c) Artificial; as, a made up figure or complexion. Madecass
Made(n.) (Zool.) See Mad, n.
Made (a.) Produced by a manufacturing process; "bought some made goods at the local store; rope and nails."
Made (a.) (Of a bed) Having the sheets and blankets set in order; "a neatly made bed" [ant: unmade].
Made (a.) Successful or assured of success; "now I am a made man forever" -- Christopher Marlowe.
MADE, () Multimedia Application Development Environment (CWI).
Madecass (n.) Alt. of Madecassee.
Madecassee (n.) A native or inhabitant of Madagascar, or Madecassee; the language of the natives of Madagascar. See Malagasy.
Madecass (n.) The language of the natives of Madagascar.
Madecassee (prop. a.) Of or pertaining to Madagascar or its inhabitants; now replaced by Madagascan. [archaic] Madefaction
Madefaction (n.) Alt. of Madefication.
Madefication (n.) The act of madefying, or making wet; the state of that which is made wet. [R.] -- Bacon.
Madefied (imp. & p. p.) of Madefy.
Madefying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Madefy.
Madefy (v. t.) To make wet or moist. [R.]
Madegassy (n. & a.) See Madecassee.
Madeira (n.) A rich wine made on the Island of Madeira.
A cup of Madeira, and a cold capon's leg. -- Shak.
Madeira nut (Bot.), The European walnut; the nut of the Juglans regia.
Madeira (n.) A Brazilian river; tributary of the Amazon River [syn: Madeira, Madeira River].
Madeira (n.) An island in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa; the largest of the Madeira Islands.
Madeira (n.) An amber dessert wine from the Madeira Islands.
Madeira, OH -- U.S. city in Ohio
Population (2000): 8923
Housing Units (2000): 3484
Land area (2000): 3.365943 sq. miles (8.717753 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 3.365943 sq. miles (8.717753 sq. km)
FIPS code: 46312
Located within: Ohio (OH), FIPS 39
Location: 39.188310 N, 84.368366 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 45243
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Madeira, OH
Madeira
Mesdemoiselles (n. pl. ) of Mademoiselle.
Mademoiselle (n.) A French title of courtesy given to a girl or an unmarried lady, equivalent to the English Miss. -- Goldsmith.
Mademoiselle (n.) (Zool.) A marine food fish ({Sciaena chrysura), of the Southern United States; -- called also yellowtail, and silver perch.
Mademoiselle (n.) Small silvery drumfish often mistaken for white perch; found along coasts of United States from New York to Mexico [syn: silver perch, mademoiselle, Bairdiella chrysoura].
Madge (n.) (Zool.) The barn owl.
Madge (n.) (Zool.) The magpie.
Mad-headed (a.) Wild; crack-brained.
Madhouse (n.) A house where insane persons are confined; an insane asylum; a bedlam. -- usually used in a deprecatory sense.
Syn: Bedlam, booby hatch, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny farm, funny house, insane asylum, loony bin, nuthouse, sanatorium.
Madhouse (n.) Hence: (fig.) A chaotic, raucus or highly disordered situation.
Madhouse (n.) Pejorative terms for an insane asylum [syn: Bedlam, booby hatch, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny farm, funny house, loony bin, madhouse, nut house, nuthouse, sanatorium, snake pit].
Madia (n.) (Bot.) A genus of composite plants, of which one species ({Madia sativa) is cultivated for the oil yielded from its seeds by pressure. This oil is sometimes used instead of olive oil for the table.
Syn: melosa, Chile tarweed, madia oil plant, Madia sativa.
Madia (n.) Genus of sticky herbs with yellow flowers open in morning or evening but closed in bright light [syn: Madia, genus Madia].
Madid (a.) Wet; moist; as, a madid eye. [R.] -- Beaconsfield.
Madisterium (n.) (Surg.) An instrument to extract hairs.
Madjoun (n.) An intoxicating confection from the hemp plant; -- used by the Turks and Hindoos. [Written also majoun.]
Madly (a.) In a mad manner; without reason or understanding; wildly.
Syn: insanely, crazily, dementedly.
Madly (a.) In a desperate manner; as, she fought back madly.
Madly (a.) Intensely; as, she was madly in love.
Syn: insanely, deadly, deucedly, devilishly.
Madly (adv.) In an uncontrolled manner; "she fought back madly" [syn: madly, frantically].
Madly (adv.) In an insane manner; "she behaved insanely"; "he behaves crazily when he is off his medication"; "the witch cackled madly"; "screaming dementedly" [syn: insanely, crazily, dementedly, madly] [ant: sanely].
Madly (adv.) (Used as intensives) Extremely; "she was madly in love"; "deadly dull"; "deadly earnest"; "deucedly clever"; "insanely jealous" [syn: madly, insanely, deadly, deucedly, devilishly].
Madmen (n. pl. ) of Madman.
Madman (n.) A man who is mad; lunatic; a crazy person.
When a man mistakes his thoughts for person and things, he is mad. A madman is properly so defined. -- Coleridge.
Madman (n.) An insane person [syn: lunatic, madman, maniac].
Madnep (n.) (Bot.) The masterwort ({Peucedanum Ostruthium) , a tall and coarse European umbelliferous plant.
Madnep (n.) (Bot.) A biennial weed in Europe and America having large pinnate leaves and yellow flowers and a bitter and somewhat poisonous root; the ancestor of cultivated parsnip; called also wild parsnip.
Madnep (n.) Biennial weed in Europe and America having large pinnate leaves and yellow flowers and a bitter and somewhat poisonous root; the ancestor of cultivated parsnip [syn: wild parsnip, madnep].
Madness (n.) The condition of being mad; insanity; lunacy.
Madness (n.) Frenzy; ungovernable rage; extreme folly.
Madness (n.) Extreme folly.
Syn: Insanity; distraction; derangement; craziness; lunacy; mania; frenzy; franticness; rage; aberration; alienation; monomania. See Insanity.
Madness (n.) Obsolete terms for legal insanity [syn: lunacy, madness, insaneness].
Madness (n.) An acute viral disease of the nervous system of warm-blooded animals (usually transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal); rabies is fatal if the virus reaches the brain [syn: rabies, hydrophobia, lyssa, madness].
Madness (n.) A feeling of intense anger; "hell hath no fury like a woman scorned"; "his face turned red with rage" [syn: fury, rage, madness].
Madness (n.) The quality of being rash and foolish; "trying to drive through a blizzard is the height of folly"; "adjusting to an insane society is total foolishness" [syn: folly, foolishness, craziness, madness].
Madness (n.) Unrestrained excitement or enthusiasm; "poetry is a sort of divine madness" [syn: madness, rabidity, rabidness].
Madness, () This word is used in its proper sense in Deut. 28:34, John 10:20, 1 Cor. 14:23. It also denotes a reckless state of mind arising from various causes, as over-study (Eccl. 1:17; 2:12), blind rage (Luke 6:11), or a depraved temper (Eccl. 7:25; 9:3; 2 Pet. 2:16). David feigned madness (1 Sam. 21:13) at Gath because he "was sore afraid of Achish."
Madonna (n.) My lady; -- a term of address in Italian formerly used as the equivalent of Madame, but for which Signora is now substituted. Sometimes introduced into English. -- Shak.
Madonna (n.) [pl. Madonnas] A picture of the Virgin Mary (usually with the babe).
The Italian painters are noted for drawing the Madonnas by their own wives or mistresses. -- Rymer.
Madonna (n.) The mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics [syn: Mary, Virgin Mary, The Virgin, Blessed Virgin, Madonna].
Madonna (n.) United States pop singer and sex symbol during the 1980s (born in 1958) [syn: Madonna, Madonna Louise Ciccone].
Madoqua (n.) (Zool.) A small Abyssinian antelope ({Neotragus Saltiana), about the size of a hare.
Madoqua (n.) Genus comprising some small antelopes of eastern and northeastern Africa [syn: Madoqua, genus Madoqua].
Madrague (n.) [R.] A large fish pound used for the capture of the tunny in the Mediterranean; also applied to the seines used for the same purpose.
Madreperl (n.) Mother-of-pearl.
Madrepora (n.) (Zool.) A genus of reef corals abundant in tropical seas. It includes than one hundred and fifty species, most of which are elegantly branched. -- Mad`re*po"ral, a.
Madreporaria (n. pl.) (Zool.) An extensive division of Anthozoa, including most of the species that produce stony corals. See Illust. of Anthozoa. -- Mad`re*po*ra"ri*an, a. & n.
Compare: Anthozoa
Anthozoa (n. pl.) (Zool.) The class of the C[oe]lenterata which includes the corals and sea anemones. The three principal groups or orders are Acyonaria, Actinaria, and Madreporaria.
Madreporaria (n.) Stony corals [syn: Madreporaria, order Madreporaria].
Madrepore (n.) (Zool.) Any coral of the genus Madrepora; formerly, often applied to any stony coral.
Syn: stony coral, madriporian coral.
Madrepore (n.) Corals having calcareous skeletons aggregations of which form reefs and islands [syn: stony coral, madrepore, madriporian coral].
Madreporian (a.) Alt. of Madreporic.
Madreporic (a.) (Zool.) Resembling, or pertaining to, the genus Madrepora.
Madreporic plate (Zool.), A perforated plate in echinoderms, through which water is admitted to the ambulacral tubes; -- called also madreporic tubercule.
Madreporiform (a.) (Zool.) Resembling a madreporian coral in form or structure.
Madreporite (n.) (Paleon.) A fossil coral.
Madreporite (n.) (Zool.) The madreporic plate of echinoderms.
Madrier (n.) A thick plank, used for several mechanical purposes ; especially:
Madrier (n.) A plank to receive the mouth of a petard, with which it is applied to anything intended to be broken down.
Madrier (n.) A plank or beam used for supporting the earth in mines or fortifications.
Madrigal (n.) A little amorous poem, sometimes called a pastoral poem, containing some tender and delicate, though simple, thought.
Whose artful strains have oft delayed The huddling brook to hear his madrigal. -- Milton.
Madrigal (n.) (Mus.) An unaccompanied polyphonic song, in four, five, or more parts, set to secular words, but full of counterpoint and imitation, and adhering to the old church modes. Unlike the freer glee, it is best sung with several voices on a part. See Glee.
Madrigal (n.) An unaccompanied partsong for 2 or 3 voices; follows a strict poetic form.
Madrigal (v.) Sing madrigals; "The group was madrigaling beautifully."
Madrigaler (n.) A madrigalist.
Madrigalist (n.) A composer of madrigals.
Madrigalist (n.) A singer of madrigals.
Madrilenian (a.) Of or pertaining to Madrid in Spain, or to its inhabitants.
Madrilenian (n.) A native or inhabitant of Madrid.
Madrina (n.) An animal (usually an old mare), wearing a bell and acting as the leader of a troop of pack mules. [S. America] madrona
Madrona apple (n.) One of the red berries borne by the madrone.
Madrona, Madrona, Madrono (n.) (Bot.) A small evergreen tree or shrub ({Arbutus Menziesii}), of Pacific North America, having a smooth bark, thick glossy leathery leaves, and edible orange-red berries, which are often called {madro[~n]a apples}; the wood is used for furniture and the bark for tanning. [Written also {madro[~n]o}.]
Syn: madrona, manzanita, {Arbutus menziesii}.
Madrona (n.) Evergreen tree of the Pacific coast of North America having glossy leathery leaves and orange-red edible berries; wood used for furniture and bark for tanning [syn: {madrona}, {madrono}, {manzanita}, {Arbutus menziesii}].
Madwort (n.) (Bot.) A genus of cruciferous plants ({Alyssum) with white or yellow flowers and rounded pods. A. maritimum is the commonly cultivated sweet alyssum, a fragrant white-flowered annual.
Madwort (n.) Any garden plant of the genus Alyssum having clusters of small yellow or white flowers [syn: alyssum, madwort].
Maegbote (n.) Alt. of Magbote.
Magbote (n.) (Anglo-Saxon Law) Compensation
for the injury done by slaying a kinsman. -- Spelman.
Maelstrom (n.) A celebrated whirlpool on the coast of Norway.
Hence: any large or powerful whirlpool.
Syn: whirlpool, vortex.
Maelstrom (n.) Also (Fig.) An uncontrollable agitated or confusedly disordered state or situation; as, a maelstrom of vice.
Maelstrom (n.) A powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides) [syn: whirlpool, vortex, maelstrom].
Maenad (n.) A Bacchante; a priestess or votary of Bacchus.
Maenad (n.) A frantic or frenzied woman.
Maenad (n.) An unnaturally frenzied or distraught woman
Maenad (n.) (Greek mythology) A woman participant in the orgiastic rites of Dionysus.
Maestoso (a. & adv.) [It.] (Mus.) Majestic or majestically; -- a direction to perform a passage or piece of music in a dignified manner.
Maestricht monitor () (Paleon.) The Mosasaurus Hofmanni. See Mosasaurus.
Maestro (n.) A master in any art, especially in music; a composer or orchestra conductor.
Maestro (n.) An artist of consummate skill; "a master of the violin"; "one of the old masters" [syn: maestro, master]
Maffle (v. i.) To stammer. [Obs.]
Maffler (n.) A stammerer. [Obs.] Mafia
Compare: Mag
Mag (n.) Shortened form of magazine, the periodic paperback publication. [slang]
Magazine (n.) [C] 雜誌，期刊；（槍上的）彈倉，彈盒，彈盤；（照相機內的）軟片盒，底片盒 A receptacle in which anything is stored, especially military stores, as ammunition, arms, provisions, etc. "Armories and magazines." -- Milton.