Musketry. Muskets in general or collectively. “The rattle of musketry.”
Musselburgh. A royal burgh of Scotland, county of Mid-Lothian, at the mouth of the Esk, 6 miles east of Edinburgh. The town is historically important on account of the battle of Pinkie, which was fought in the neighborhood in 1547, when the Scottish army was defeated by the English under the Earl of Somerset.
Mustang. The wild horse of the prairies in Mexico, California, etc. It is small, hardy, and easily sustained.
Muster. A review of troops under arms, fully equipped, in order to take an account of their numbers, inspect their arms and accoutrements, and examine their condition. In the U. S. service troops are mustered bi-monthly. During the civil war, the mustering in and mustering out of troops (into or out of the U. S. service) were performed by staff-officers, called commissaries of musters.
Muster-book. A book in which military forces are registered.
Muster-file. A muster-roll.
Muster-master. One who takes an account of troops, and of their arms and other military apparatus. This title is not known in the U. S. army. The person who performs these duties is called a mustering officer, or an inspecting officer.
Muster-roll. A roll or register of the men in each company, troop, or regiment.
Muta (Syria). Here Mohammed and his followers defeated the Christians in his first conflict with them, 629.
Mutilated. In a military sense, signifies wounded in such a manner as to lose the use of a limb. A battalion is said to be mutilated when its divisions, etc., stand unequal.