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A body of soldiers; soldiers, collectivelly; the military. A camp of faithful soldiery. Milton.

a shoe or boot, or the piece of leather which constitutes the bottom. The "caliga" was a military shoe, with a very thick sole, tied above the instep. Arbuthnot.

re of an eagle, with its wings elevated and its legs extended; often met as a device upon military ornaments, and the like. (c) (Her.) An eagle displayed; an eagle with the wings and legs extended on each side of the body, as in the double-headed eagle of Austria and Russia. See Displayed, 2.

An ancient military engine for casting stones and arrows by means of a spring.

imp. & p. p. of Spin. Spun hay, hay twisted into ropes for convenient carriage, as on a military expedition. -- Spun silk, a cheap article produced from floss, or short-fibered, broken, and waste silk, carded and spun, in distinction from the long filaments wound from the cocoon. It is often mixed with cotton. -- Spu…

Of or pertaining to a fixed camp, or military posts or quarters. [Obs. or R.]

A military punishment formerly practiced, which consisted in drawing an offender to the top of a beam and letting him fall to the length of the rope, by which means a limb was often dislocated. Shak.

One skilled in strategy, or the science of directing great military movements.

The science of military command, or the science of projecting campaigns and directing great military movements; generalship.

A military government; government by military chiefs and an army.

Warlike; military. [R.]

Having great military or naval force; powerful; as, a strong army or fleet; a nation strong at sea.

A person holding a subordinate position; specifically, a commissioned military officer below the rank of captain.

a person who enlists for military service in the place of a conscript or drafted man. Hast thou not made me here thy substitute Milton. Ladies [in Shakespeare's age] . . . wore masks as the sole substitute known to our ancestors for the modern parasol. De Quincey.

victory! Shak. Or teach with more success her son The vices of the time to shun. Waller. Military successes, above all others, elevate the minds of a people. Atterbury.

the courts of their lords or superiors in time of peace, and in war to follow them and do military service; -- called also suit service. Blackstone. -- Suit broker, one who made a trade of obtaining the suits of petitioners at court. [Obs.] -- Suit court (O. Eng. Law), the court in which tenants owe attendance to thei…

A religious solemnity observed in consequence of some military success, and also, in times of distress and danger, to avert the anger of the gods.

The office or employment of a surgeon, as in the naval or military service.

The military power of a country. He hath no more authority over the sword than over the law. Milton.

losophy; a system of government; a system of divinity; a system of botany or chemistry; a military system; the solar system. The best way to learn any science, is to begin with a regular system, or a short and plain scheme of that science well drawn up into a narrow compass. I. Watts.