Definition of siege

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Siege (n.) A seat; especially, a royal seat; a throne..

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Sally :: Sally (v. i.) To leap or rush out; to burst forth; to issue suddenly; as a body of troops from a fortified place to attack besiegers; to make a sally.
Siege :: Siege (n.) Passage of excrements; stool; fecal matter.
Siege :: Siege (n.) A seat; especially, a royal seat; a throne..
Obsess :: Obsess (v. t.) To besiege; to beset.
Circumvallation :: Circumvallation (n.) A line of field works made around a besieged place and the besieging army, to protect the camp of the besiegers against the attack of an enemy from without..
Coupure :: Coupure (n.) A passage cut through the glacis to facilitate sallies by the besieged.
Beset :: Beset (v. t.) To hem in; to waylay; to surround; to besiege; to blockade.
Snail :: Snail (n.) A tortoise; in ancient warfare, a movable roof or shed to protect besiegers; a testudo..
Siege :: Siege (n.) A workman's bench.
Keep :: Keep (n.) That which keeps or protects; a stronghold; a fortress; a castle; specifically, the strongest and securest part of a castle, often used as a place of residence by the lord of the castle, especially during a siege; the donjon. See Illust. of Castle..
Odyssey :: Odyssey (n.) An epic poem attributed to Homer, which describes the return of Ulysses to Ithaca after the siege of Troy..
Quarter :: Quarter (n.) The encampment on one of the principal passages round a place besieged, to prevent relief and intercept convoys..
Contravallation :: Contravallation (n.) A trench guarded with a parapet, constructed by besiegers, to secure themselves and check sallies of the besieged..
Leaguer :: Leaguer (n.) A siege or beleaguering.
Besiege :: Besiege (v. t.) To beset or surround with armed forces, for the purpose of compelling to surrender; to lay siege to; to beleaguer; to beset..
Assiege :: Assiege (n.) A siege.
Siege :: Siege (n.) Hence, a continued attempt to gain possession..
Leaguerer :: Leaguerer (n.) A besieger.
Besieged :: Besieged (imp. & p. p.) of Besieg.
Besiegement :: Besiegement (n.) The act of besieging, or the state of being besieged..
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