mantilla a woman's scarf, as of lace, worn over the hair and shoulders.
mess-tin the compactly arranged metal plates and eating utensils carried by a soldier for use in the field; sometimes also referred to as mess kit or mess gear.
misere ouverte an open discussion of hardship.
morphia morphine, a bitter, white or colorless, crystalline narcotic alkaloid derived from opium and used in medicine to relieve pain.
munition-columns narrow lines of soldiers accompanying artillery to the front.
nap short for napoleon, a card game similar to euchre.
napkin [British] a diaper.
98 rifle an upgraded Mauser rifle, which was safer and easier to use than earlier models. Adopted by the German military command in 1898, it had a 29-inch barrel and a five-round magazine.
No Man's Land the unoccupied region separating opposing armies.
non-com [Informal] a noncommissioned officer; an enlisted person of any of various grades in the armed forces.
nose-cap the metal tip of an explosive device.
observation-balloons the enemy's method of locating the dugouts of soldiers and assaulting them with grenades and light firearms.
old buffer [Slang] old fellow.
one mark twenty pfennig the mark and the pfennig are monetary units of Germany.
