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▪ I. mag, n.1 colloq.|mæg|
[f. mag v.]
a. Chatter, talk.
b. A chatterbox.
a.1778F. Burney Diary Sept., Mrs. Thrale: Oh, if you have any mag in you, we'll draw it out! 1875Mrs. E. Lynn Linton Patricia Kemball II. iv. 78 Hold your mag on things you don't understand. 1885E. C. Sharland Ways Devonsh. Village ii. 26 You go away for a while, my dear, and let me have a little mag with Emma.
b.1892F. Anstey The Talking Horse, etc. 46 ‘Alick does call me a ‘mag’,’ said Priscilla; ‘but that's wrong, because I never speak without having something to say’.
▪ II. mag, n.3 slang.|mæg|
Also meg.
[Of obscure origin: cf. the synon. make n.]
A halfpenny.
1781G. Parker Life's Painter 129 Mag is a halfpenny. Ibid. 161 Halfpenny—A meg. 1813Sporting Mag. XLII. 219 Neither of these forsaken damsels had one single mag, or piece of any kind of coin. 1852Dickens Bleak Ho. xxiii, It can't be worth a mag to him. 1862H. Kingsley Ravenshoe I. ix. 111 As long as he had a ‘mag’ to bless himself with, he would always be a lazy, useless humbug.
b. Comb. ˈmagflying vbl. n., playing ‘pitch and toss’; ˈmagflyer.
1882Standard 8 Aug. 3/7 There were usually three or four in a gang, one acting as the ‘magflyer’, the ‘mag’ being the coin, another as the caller of the odds or amounts, a third as treasurer. 1883Daily Tel. 26 Mar. 2/8 (Farmer) Of the twenty-nine ‘night-charges’, by far the greater number were of..boys for mag flying, i.e., ‘pitch and toss’.
▪ III. mag, n.4|mæg|
abbrev. of magazine (sense 5 b).
1801Wolcot (P. Pindar) Tears & Smiles Wks. 1812 V. 55 Who wrote in mags for hire. 1869Chamb. Jrnl. 8 May 303/2 Why don't you fellows write something for the mags? 1888Jacobi Printer's Voc., Mag, an abbreviation very generally used by printers for ‘magazine’.
▪ IV. mag, n.5 Astr.|mæg|
Also mag. (with point).
Abbrev. of magnitude(s) (magnitude 3 a).
1840Mem. R. Astron. Soc. XI. 283 (heading) Relative order of mag. as observed. 1851Monthly Notices R. Astron. Soc. XI. 187 A double star..appearing to the naked eye as a bright 4 mag., and designated by A as 3·4. 1918Astrophysical Jrnl. XLVII. 264 The absolute magnitudes of the bulk of the A stars lie within a range of 2·6 mags. 1972Nature 22 Dec. 439/2 The distribution of galaxies brighter than 16 mag is..not especially isotropic.
▪ V. mag, n.6|mæg|
Also mag. (with point).
Colloq. abbrev. of magneto.
1920Blackw. Mag. Nov. 562/2 Having wrestled for an hour with the mags., they were eventually induced to give forth reluctant sparks. 1930[see differential a. and n. B. 4]. 1943R.A.F. Jrnl. Aug. 11, I could see her eyes intent on the rev counter as she cut out first one mag, then the other. 1958‘Castle’ & Hailey Flight into Danger i. 16 Each engine has two magnetos... In the run-up each engine in turn is opened to full throttle and each of the mags tested separately. 1973E. Arnold Proving Ground (1974) iv. 61 Sayers pulled off the throttle and cut off the mag.
▪ VI. mag, n.7|mæg|
Also mag. (with point).
Colloq. abbrev. of magnesium, often used for magnesium alloy.
1969C. Trickey Building & Racing 850 Mini i. 10/2 While, naturally, mag. alloy wheels are highly desirable from other points of view, the steel ones are obviously the best choice for a formula which is trying to keep costs to a minimum. 1970Telegraph (Brisbane) 8 Dec. 14 Many ‘mag’ wheels sold as extras for hotted-up cars are made of cast aluminium. They cost about $40 each. Genuine magnesium alloy wheels, as used on racing cars, cost about $120 each. 1973D. J. Abodaher (title) Mag wheels and racing stripes.
▪ VII. mag, v.|mæg|
Also meg.
[f. Mag n.2]
intr. To chatter; also with away.
1810Splendid Follies I. 68 Don't you think she magged away pretty sharply! That's the worst of the young ones—they will cackle so confoundedly. 1885J. Runciman Skippers & Sh. 248 I'll snap your backbone across my knee if you meg half a second more. |