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Assiege :: Assiege (n.) A siege.

Beleaguer :: Beleaguer (v. t.) To surround with an army so as to preclude escape; to besiege; to blockade.

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..

Leaguer :: Leaguer (n.) A siege or beleaguering.

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..

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..

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

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

Parallel :: Parallel (n.) One of a series of long trenches constructed before a besieged fortress, by the besieging force, as a cover for troops supporting the attacking batteries. They are roughly parallel to the line of outer defenses of the fortress..

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

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

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

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..

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

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..

Leaguerer :: Leaguerer (n.) A besieger.

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

Siege :: Siege (n.) Hence, place or situation; seat..

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

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

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