Movement. A term used to express the changes of position which troops undergo in performing their evolutions.
Mow. To cut down with speed; to cut down indiscriminately, or in great numbers or quantity; to sweep away; as, a discharge of grape-shot mows down whole ranks of men.
Moyan. A species of early artillery.
Moyen (Fr.). The bastions which are constructed on the angles are called royal bastions. Some engineers have distinguished those bastions by the name of moyens royaux, or medium royals, whose flanks contain from 90 to 100 toises.
Moyenne (Fr.). An ancient 4-pounder, 10 feet long, weighing 1300 pounds. In the time of Charles IX. (1572) it was a 23⁄4-pounder.
Moyenne Ville (Fr.). A term formerly given by the French to any town in which the garrison was equal to a third of the inhabitants, and which was not deemed sufficiently important to bear the expense of a citadel; more especially so because it was not in the power of the inhabitants to form seditious meetings without the knowledge of the soldiers who were quartered on them.
Moyens Côtés (Fr.). In fortification, are those sides which contain from 80 to 120 toises in extent. They are always fortified with bastions on their angles. The moyens côtés are generally found along the extent of irregular places, and each one of these is individually subdivided into small, mean, and great sides.
Mozyr. A town in the southeast of the government of Minsk, in European Russia, situated on the Pripet, a tributary of the Dnieper. It is a town of considerable antiquity, and played a rather important part in the wars between the various Russian princes previous to the Tartar invasion. It was unsuccessfully besieged by the Tartars in 1240.
Muff and Collar. See [Ordnance, Carriages for, Limber].
Muffle. To wrap with something that dulls or renders sound inaudible; to deaden the sound of; as, to muffle a drum.