MULTANGULAR, is said of a figure, or body which has many angles.
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.