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Besieger :: Besieger (n.) One who besieges; -- opposed to the besieged.

Sow :: Sow (n.) A kind of covered shed, formerly used by besiegers in filling up and passing the ditch of a besieged place, sapping and mining the wall, or the like..

Siege :: Siege (n.) Hence, a continued attempt to gain possession..

Battering-ram :: Battering-ram (n.) An engine used in ancient times to beat down the walls of besieged places.

Odyssey :: Odyssey (n.) An epic poem attributed to Homer, which describes the return of Ulysses to Ithaca after the siege of Troy..

Ponvolant :: Ponvolant (n.) A kind of light bridge, used in sieges, for surprising a post or outwork which has but a narrow moat; a flying bridge..

Muscule :: Muscule (n.) A long movable shed used by besiegers in ancient times in attacking the walls of a fortified town.

Rise :: Rise (v.) To retire; to give up a siege.

Obsession :: Obsession (n.) The state of being besieged; -- used specifically of a person beset by a spirit from without.

Belfry :: Belfry (n.) A movable tower erected by besiegers for purposes of attack and defense.

Bastile Bastille :: Bastile Bastille (n.) A tower or an elevated work, used for the defense, or in the siege, of a fortified place..

Assiege :: Assiege (v. t.) To besiege.

Contravallation :: Contravallation (n.) A trench guarded with a parapet, constructed by besiegers, to secure themselves and check sallies of the besieged..

Boyau :: Boyau (n.) A winding or zigzag trench forming a path or communication from one siegework to another, to a magazine, etc..

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..

Relieve :: Relieve (v. t.) To free, wholly or partly, from any burden, trial, evil, distress, or the like; to give ease, comfort, or consolation to; to give aid, help, or succor to; to support, strengthen, or deliver; as, to relieve a besieged town..

Siege :: Siege (n.) Rank; grade; station; estimation.

Besieging :: Besieging (a.) That besieges; laying siege to.

Siegework :: Siegework (n.) A temporary fort or parallel where siege guns are mounted.

Siege :: Siege (v. t.) To besiege; to beset.

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