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[MULLION.] *mün-ite, v . t. [Lat. munitus , pa. par. of munio =to fortify.] To fortify, to strengthen, to defend. mu-ni-tion, subst . [Fr., from Lat. munitio =a defense, a fortifying, from munitus , pa. par. of munio to fortify.] *1. A fortification, a stronghold. "His place of defense shall be the munitions of rocks." -Isaiah xxxiii. 16. IMG:content-1488.png:[blocks in formation] Bot. & Chem.: Rubia munjista , also called East India Madder, which is extensively cultivated in India. Its root furnishes a dye-stuff yielding colors somewhat similar to those of madder, the most important color, alizarin, being absent. The principal coloring matters, purpurin and munjistin, are comparatively feeble, which renders munjeet inferior to madder as a dye-stuff.