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A court consisting of military or naval officers, for the trial of one belonging to the army or navy, or of offenses against military or naval law.

; the woods afforded a good cover. Being compelled to lodge in the field . . . whilst his army was under cover, they might be forced to retire. Clarendon.

a position in which an army finds itself with no way of exit but to the front.

eces. (a) To cut into pieces; as, to cut cloth to pieces. (b) To slaughter; as, to cut an army to pieces. -- To cut a play (Drama), to shorten it by leaving out passages, to adapt it for the stage. -- To cut rates (Railroads, etc.), to reduce the charges for transportation below the rates established between competin…

; to seduce; as, to debauch one's self by intemperance; to debauch a woman; to debauch an army. Learning not debauched by ambition. Burke. A man must have got his conscience thoroughly debauched and hardened before he can arrive to the height of sin. South. Her pride debauched her judgment and her eyes. Cowley.…

uty, or allegiance. The republic of Paris will endeavor to complete the debauchery of the army. Burke.

To destroy a considerable part of; as, to decimate an army in battle; to decimate a people by disease.

To overcome or vanquish, as an army; to check, disperse, or ruin by victory; to overthrow.

f being corrupted or subverted in discipline, courage, etc.; as, the demoralization of an army or navy.

ofligate power and prosperous crime. Walsh. The vices of the nobility had demoralized the army. Bancroft.

, Discovery or view, as of an army seen at a distance. [Obs.] Near, and on speedy foot; the main descry Stands on the hourly thought. Shak.

rvice) without leave; to forsake in violation of duty; to abscond from; as, to desert the army; to desert one's colors.

end; to regulate; to govern; as, to direct the affairs of a nation or the movements of an army. I will direct their work in truth. Is. lxi. 8.

rosperity; inconvenient; prejudicial; -- opposed to advantageous; as, the situation of an army is disadvantageous for attack or defense. Even in the disadvantageous position in which he had been placed, he gave clear indications of future excellence. Prescott. -- Dis*ad`van*ta"geous*ly, adv. -- Dis*ad`van*ta"geous*nes…

ent and unfriendliness. They had attempted to disaffect and discontent his majesty's late army. Clarendon.

he means of attack or defense; to render defenseless. Security disarms the best-appointed army. Fuller. The proud was half disarmed of pride. Tennyson.

k up the organization of; especially, to dismiss from military service; as, to disband an army. They disbanded themselves and returned, every man to his own dwelling. Knolles.

; to make manifest. His statement . . . displays very clearly the actual condition of the army. Burke.

A selecting or detaching of soldiers from an army, or from any part of it, or from a military post; also from any district, or any company or collection of persons, or from the people at large; also, the body of men thus drafted. Several of the States had supplied the deficiency by drafts to serve for the year. Marshal…

ody. It is worn on occasions of ceremony. The dress coat of officers of the United States army is a full-skirted frock coat.