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

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

Sortie :: Sortie (n.) The sudden issuing of a body of troops, usually small, from a besieged place to attack or harass the besiegers; a sally..

Quarter :: Quarter (n.) The encampment on one of the principal passages round a place besieged, to prevent relief and intercept convoys..

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

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..

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..

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..

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

Obsidional :: Obsidional (a.) Of or pertaining to a siege.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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..

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

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..

Leaguerer :: Leaguerer (n.) A besieger.

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