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Levy :: Levy (v. t.) To raise, as a siege..

Trench :: Trench (v. t.) An excavation made during a siege, for the purpose of covering the troops as they advance toward the besieged place. The term includes the parallels and the approaches..

Coupure :: Coupure (n.) A passage cut through the glacis to facilitate sallies by the besieged.

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

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

Fall :: Fall (n.) The surrender of a besieged fortress or town ; as, the fall of Sebastopol..

Besieged :: Besieged (imp. & p. p.) of Besieg.

Siege :: Siege (n.) The floor of a glass-furnace.

Invest :: Invest (v. t.) To inclose; to surround of hem in with troops, so as to intercept succors of men and provisions and prevent escape; to lay siege to; as, to invest a town..

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

Besiegement :: Besiegement (n.) The act of besieging, or the state of being besieged..

Leaguerer :: Leaguerer (n.) A besieger.

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

Coffer :: Coffer (n.) A trench dug in the bottom of a dry moat, and extending across it, to enable the besieged to defend it by a raking fire..

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

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..

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..

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..

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..

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