Murviedro. A fortified town of Spain in the province of Valencia, 17 miles north from Valencia. It was taken by Hannibal 219 B.C.
Muscule, or Testude. In ancient times, a machine of war; a mantelet; shed; low, long, and sharp-roofed shed, which enabled the besiegers to advance to and sap the wall of the besieged.
Music. A general term for the musicians of a regimental band.
Music, Phrygian. A martial sort of ancient music, which excited men to rage and battle; by this mode Timotheus stirred up Alexander to arms.
Musicians. See [Band], [Drummer], [Fifer], and [Trumpeter].
[Musket], or Musquet (Fr. mousquet). The fire-arm for infantry soldiers, which succeeded the clumsy arquebuse, and has itself given way before the [rifle] (which see). The first muskets were matchlocks; after which came wheel-locks, asnaphans or snaphance muskets, and lastly percussion muskets, which were a vast improvement both for accuracy and lightness on all which had gone before. Compared, however, to the present rifle, the musket was a heavy, ugly, and ineffective weapon.
Musket Baskets. These are about a foot or a foot and a half high, 8 or 10 inches diameter at bottom, and a foot at the top, so that being filled with earth there is room to lay a musket between them at the bottom, being set on low breastworks, or parapets, or upon such as are beaten down.
Musketeer. A soldier armed with a musket.
Musketoon. An obsolete weapon; was a short musket of very wide bore, carrying a ball of 5 ounces, and sometimes bell-mouthed like a blunderbuss. Also one who was armed with such a weapon.
Musket-proof. Capable of resisting the effects of musket-balls.