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

Siege :: Siege (n.) Passage of excrements; stool; fecal matter.

Battering Train :: Battering train () A train of artillery for siege operations.

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

Succor :: Succor (v. t.) To run to, or run to support; hence, to help or relieve when in difficulty, want, or distress; to assist and deliver from suffering; to relieve; as, to succor a besieged city..

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..

Sap :: Sap (n.) A narrow ditch or trench made from the foremost parallel toward the glacis or covert way of a besieged place by digging under cover of gabions, etc..

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..

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

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

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

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

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..

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

Assiege :: Assiege (n.) A siege.

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

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..

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..

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

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.

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