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MULTILATERAL, having many sides.

MULTIPLE, one number containing another several times: as 9 is the multiple of 3, 16 that of 4, and so on.

MUNIMELL, a strong hold, fortification, &c.

MUNITION, Fr. This word is used among the French to express not only victuals and provisions, but also military stores and ammunition.

MUNITIONS de bouche, Fr. Victuals or provisions, (such as bread, salt, meat, vegetables, butter, wine, beer, brandy, &c. which may be procured for soldiers) are so called by the French. Corn, oats, hay, straw, and green forage, for cavalry, bear the same appellation. See SUBSISTENCE.

MUNITIONS de guerre, Fr. Military stores, such as gunpowder, shot, balls, bullets, matches, &c. See STORES.

MUNITIONNAIRE ou entrepreneur des vivres, Fr. Military purveyor, or commissary of stores. Amaury Bourguignon, from Niort, a town of Poitou, was the first munitionnaire and entrepréneur général, or purveyor-general, among the French. He was appointed in the reign of Henry III. in 1574. See PURVEYOR.

MUNITIONNAIRE pour la marine, Fr. The head of the victualling office was so called among the French. There was a person on board every ship of war, called commis, or clerk, who acted under his orders. The appointment of the latter was somewhat similar to that of a purser in the British navy.

MUNSUBDAR, Ind. A title which gives the person invested with it, a right to have the command of ten thousand horse, with the permission of bearing amongst his ensigns that of the fish; neither of which distinctions is ever granted, excepting to persons of the first note in the empire. The office is called a Munsub, and it is generally supported by a district named, on which the corps is quartered.

MUR, Fr. a wall.

MUR CRENELE, Fr. A wall which has small intervals or spaces at the top, that serve more for ornament or ostentation than for real defence. This method of building prevailed very much in former times.

MUR de face, Fr. Outside wall of any building.

MUR de face de devant, Fr. Front outside wall; it is likewise called mur anterieur.

MUR de face de derriére, Fr. The wall which forms the backside of a building is so called: it is likewise named mur postérieur.

MURS lateraux, Fr. The side walls of a building.

Gros MURS, Fr. All front and partition walls are so called.

MUR de pierres sèches, Fr. A wall that is built of stone, without mortar or cement. Walls or this construction are seen in several counties in England, particularly in the west country.

MUR en l’air, Fr. Every wall is so called that does not rise uniformly from a parallel foundation. Walls built upon arches are of this description.

MUR mitoyen, Fr. Partition wall.

MUR d’appui, Fr. Wall of support. Any wall that is built to support a quay, terrace, or balcony, or to secure the sides of a bridge, is so called. Mur de parapet, or parapet wall, may be considered as a wall of support.

MURAGE. Money appropriated to the repair of military works, was anciently so called.

MURAILLE de revêtement, Fr. the wall which surrounds a fortified place is so called.

Charger en MURAILLE, Fr. To charge or attack an enemy, in a firm, compact, and steady line.

MURAL-Crown. See CROWN.

Couronne MURALE, Fr. See MURAL-CROWN.

MURDRESSES, in ancient fortification, a sort of battlement with interstices, raised on the tops of towers to fire through.

Ville MUREE, Fr. A walled town.

MURRION. See MORION.