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Inspect :: Inspect (v. t.) To view and examine officially, as troops, arms, goods offered, work done for the public, etc.; to oversee; to superintend..

Pentecosty :: Pentecosty (n.) A troop of fifty soldiers in the Spartan army; -- called also pentecostys.

Pontoon :: Pontoon (n.) A wooden flat-bottomed boat, a metallic cylinder, or a frame covered with canvas, India rubber, etc., forming a portable float, used in building bridges quickly for the passage of troops..

Stational :: Station (v. t.) To place; to set; to appoint or assign to the occupation of a post, place, or office; as, to station troops on the right of an army; to station a sentinel on a rampart; to station ships on the coasts of Africa..

Auxiliary :: Auxiliary (n.) Foreign troops in the service of a nation at war; (rarely in sing.), a member of the allied or subsidiary force..

Refuse :: Refuse (v. t.) To throw back, or cause to keep back (as the center, a wing, or a flank), out of the regular aligment when troops ar/ about to engage the enemy; as, to refuse the right wing while the left wing attacks..

Brigade :: Brigade (n.) A body of troops, whether cavalry, artillery, infantry, or mixed, consisting of two or more regiments, under the command of a brigadier general..

Station :: Station (n.) A place calculated for the rendezvous of troops, or for the distribution of them; also, a spot well adapted for offensive measures. Wilhelm (Mil. Dict.)..

Commissary :: Commissary (n.) An officer whose business is to provide food for a body of troops or a military post; -- officially called commissary of subsistence.

Detachment :: Detachment (n.) That which is detached; especially, a body of troops or part of a fleet sent from the main body on special service..

Captain :: Captain (n.) The military officer who commands a company, troop, or battery, or who has the rank entitling him to do so though he may be employed on other service..

Sergeant :: Sergeant (n.) In a company, battery, or troop, a noncommissioned officer next in rank above a corporal, whose duty is to instruct recruits in discipline, to form the ranks, etc..

Re-formation :: Re-formation (n.) The act of forming anew; a second forming in order; as, the reformation of a column of troops into a hollow square..

Turm :: Turm (n.) A troop; a company.

Impede :: Impede (v. t.) To hinder; to stop in progress; to obstruct; as, to impede the advance of troops..

Ploy :: Ploy (v. i.) To form a column from a line of troops on some designated subdivision; -- the opposite of deploy.

Regular :: Regular (a.) Constituted, selected, or conducted in conformity with established usages, rules, or discipline; duly authorized; permanently organized; as, a regular meeting; a regular physican; a regular nomination; regular troops..

Embark :: Embark (v. i.) To go on board a vessel or a boat for a voyage; as, the troops embarked for Lisbon..

Trooped :: Trooped (imp. & p. p.) of Troo.

Square :: Square (n.) A body of troops formed in a square, esp. one formed to resist a charge of cavalry; a squadron..

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