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Magellanic, a.|mægɪˈlænɪk|
[ad. mod.L. Magellanic-us, f. Magellan: see -ic.]
Pertaining to or named after Magellan (see prec.), used in the appellations of regions discovered by him, nautical objects, etc.
Magellanic bark, a kind of Peruvian bark. Magellanic clouds, two large globular cloudy spots formed of vast numbers of nebulæ and clusters of stars, visible in the southern hemisphere. Magellanic fox (see quot.). Magellanic jacket, a sailor's watch-coat with a hood. Magellanic regions, those regions of Patagonia visited by Magellan. † Magellanic Sea, the South Pacific Ocean. Magellanic Straits, the straits through which Magellan passed from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
1775Sir E. Barry Observ. Wines 221 An equal quantity of the Peruvian and *Magellanic bark.
1685–6Mackrith Let. 5 Feb. in Boyle's Wks. (1744) V. 651 The *Magellanick clouds..consist of a greater and a lesser. 1880Proctor Poetry Astron. xii. 434 The Magellanic Clouds are roughly spherical in shape.
1837J. E. Gray in Mag. Nat. Hist. Nov. 578 Vulpes magellanica (*Magellanic Fox). Greyish, varied with black on the back [etc.]. Inhabits Magellan's Straits.
1773J. Hawkesworth Voy. II. 40 Each of them received what is called a *Magellanic jacket and a pair of trowsers. The jacket is made of a thick woollen stuff called Fearnought.
1771Ann. Reg. 2/2 That..right which they [the Spaniards] pretend to all the *Magellanic regions.
1602Metamorph. Tabacco (1863) 17 The *Magellanick sea her visions brought. 1708Brit. Apollo No. 91. 2/2 The Magellanic Sea.
1696J. Edwards Demonstr. Exist. & Provid. God i. 231 The people about the *Megallanick Streights are white. |