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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..

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..

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

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

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

Sally :: Sally (v.) A rushing or bursting forth; a quick issue; a sudden eruption; specifically, an issuing of troops from a place besieged to attack the besiegers; a sortie..

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..

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..

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

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

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

Muscule :: Muscule (n.) A long movable shed used by besiegers in ancient times in attacking the walls of a fortified town.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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