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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..

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..

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

Issue :: Issue (v. i.) To go out; to rush out; to sally forth; as, troops issued from the town, and attacked the besiegers..

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.

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

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.

Relieve :: Relieve (v. t.) To free, wholly or partly, from any burden, trial, evil, distress, or the like; to give ease, comfort, or consolation to; to give aid, help, or succor to; to support, strengthen, or deliver; as, to relieve a besieged town..

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

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..

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..

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

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..

Besieging :: Besieging (a.) That besieges; laying siege to.

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

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

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..

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

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

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