Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The bridge of a cithara or lyre; also, a fret, as of a lute.
- noun [capitalized] [NL.] A genus of brachiopods of the family Terebratulidæ, and typical of a subfamily Magasinæ.
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Examples
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Orient: here he finds magas and magicians who can make kings of his friends, slay armies of his foes and bring any number of beloveds to his arms.
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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Medea, Tugue triceps Hccate y quae - cantusouc artesque ma - garum y Quaeque magas, Jei - lus, poitentibm instruis herbis.
P. Ovidii Nasonis Fastorum libri VI. Ovid, Publius Ovidius Naso, Gottlieb Erdmann Gierig 1812
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Social media offered a virtually limitless number of targets, often referred to as “magas,” local slang that translates roughly as “gullible marks” and predates the Trump-era term.
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