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

Beset :: Beset (v. t.) To hem in; to waylay; to surround; to besiege; to blockade.

Assiege :: Assiege (n.) A siege.

Approach :: Approach (v. i.) The advanced works, trenches, or covered roads made by besiegers in their advances toward a fortress or military post..

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

Bolster :: Bolster (n.) A block of wood on the carriage of a siege gun, upon which the breech of the gun rests when arranged for transportation..

Siege :: Siege (n.) A workman's bench.

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..

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

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

Sally :: Sally (v.) A rushing or bursting forth; a quick issue; a sudden eruption; specifically, an issuing of troops from a place besieged to attack the besiegers; a sortie..

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

Snail :: Snail (n.) A tortoise; in ancient warfare, a movable roof or shed to protect besiegers; a testudo..

Compass :: Compass (v. t.) To inclose on all sides; to surround; to encircle; to environ; to invest; to besiege; -- used with about, round, around, and round about..

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

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

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..

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

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

Leaguer :: Leaguer (v. t.) To besiege; to beleaguer.

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