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‖ magˈnale Obs.
[as if a. L. *magnāle, sing. of magnalia.]
A great or wonderful thing, a wonder.
1623Cockeram, Magnalls, great things to be wondered at. [1626Bacon Sylva §747 To restore Teeth in Age, were Magnale Naturæ.] 1646J. Hall Horæ Vac. 115 'Tis great art in dissimulation to dissemble the art of dissimulation, greater to performe that Magnale in Perspective. 1650Charleton Paradoxes Ep. Ded. A 4 b, In the discovery of some Magnale in Knowledg. 1665Glanvill Scepsis Sci. vi. 24 We'l examine these Accounts of the Magnale. |