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

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

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

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

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

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..

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

Siege :: Siege (n.) The sitting of an army around or before a fortified place for the purpose of compelling the garrison to surrender; the surrounding or investing of a place by an army, and approaching it by passages and advanced works, which cover the besiegers from the enemy's fire. See the Note under Blockade..

Resiege :: Resiege (v. t.) To seat again; to reinstate.

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.) Passage of excrements; stool; fecal matter.

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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