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A magician. [Archaic] Spenser. Tennyson.

Of or pertaining to, or named from, Magellan, the navigator. Magellenic clouds (Astron.), three conspicuous nebulæ near the south pole, resembling thin white clouds.

onze surface color, which dissolves to a shade of red; also, the color; -- so called from Magenta, in Italy, in allusion to the battle fought there about the time the dye was discovered. Called also fuchsine, roseïne, etc.

The impression of a vivid sensation retained by the retina of the eye after the cause has been removed; also extended to impressions left of tones, smells, etc.

The celebrated work of Ptolemy of Alexandria, which contains nearly all that is known of the astronomical observations and theories of the ancients. The name was extended to other similar works.

The high priest of the Persian Magi, or worshipers of fire.

Counterfeit; gaudy but worthless; sham. [Slang] "These Brummagem gentry." Lady D. Hardy.

Stoppage; cessation (of labor).

hief. He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet and drinketh damage. Prov. xxvi. 6. Great errors and absurdities many commit for want of a friend to tell them of them, to the great damage both of their fame and fortune. Bacon.

Doing injury; trespassing, as cattle. Blackstone.

Capable of being injured or impaired; liable to, or susceptible of, damage; as, a damageable cargo.

Damage; hurt. [Obs.] Chapman.

A penalty or fine for neglect. [Local, New England]

To bring loss or damage to; to harm; to injure. [R.] The trial hath endamaged thee no way. Milton.

Capable of being damaged, or injured; damageable. [Obs.]

Damage; injury; harm. [Obs.] Shak.

Hearth money. Fumage, or fuage, vulgarly called smoke farthings. Blackstone.

Guidance; direction. [R.]

respect paid by external action; obeisance. All things in heaven and earth do her [Law] homage. Hooker. I sought no homage from the race that write. Pope.

Subject to homage. Howell.