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Webster 1913 Edition

Munition

Mu-ni′tion

,
Noun.
[F., munition of war, L.
munitio
a fortifying, fortification, fr.
munire
to fortify, defend with a wall; cf.
moenia
walls,
murus
(for
moirus
) a wall, and Skr.
mi
to fix, make firm. Cf.
Ammunition
.]
1.
Fortification; stronghold.
[Obs.]
His place of defense shall be the
munitions
of rocks.
Is. xxxiii. 16.
2.
Whatever materials are used in war for defense or for annoying an enemy; ammunition; also, stores and provisions; military stores of all kinds.
The bodies of men,
munition
, and money, may justly be called the sinews of war.
Sir W. Raleigh.

Webster 1828 Edition

Munition

MUNI'TION

,
Noun.
[L. munitio, from munio, to fortify.]
1.
Fortification.
2.
Ammunition; whatever materials are used in war for defense, or for annoying an enemy. The word includes guns of all kinds, mortars, &c. and their loading.
3.
Provisions of a garrison or fortress, or for ships of war,and in general for an army; stores of all kinds for a fort, an army or navy.
Munition-ships, ships which convey military and naval stores of any kind, and attend or follow a fleet to supply ships of war.

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