The regulated series of motions for handling and carrying the musket, except what is connected with firing it.
·adj Of or pertaining to the hand; done or made by the hand; as, manual labor; the king's sign manua...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·noun That which gives practice; a trial; a test. II. Exercise ·noun The performance of an office, ...
The practice of all those motions, actions, and management of arms, whereby men are duly trained for...
The Sailor's Word-Book
(1 Tim. 4:8). An ascetic mortification of the flesh and denial of personal gratification (comp. Col....
Easton's Bible Dictionary
·add. ·- Any one of a series of gymnastic exercises used, as in drilling recruits, for the purpose o...
He has had air and exercise, i.e. he has been whipped at the cart's tail; or, as it is generally, th...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose