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Leat :: Leat (n.) An artificial water trench, esp. one to or from a mill..

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..

Trench :: Trench (v. i.) To have direction; to aim or tend.

Blindage :: Blindage (n.) A cover or protection for an advanced trench or approach, formed of fascines and earth supported by a framework..

Retrench :: Retrench (v. t.) To furnish with a retrenchment; as, to retrench bastions..

Trenchant :: Trenchant (v. t.) Fig.: Keen; biting; severe; as, trenchant wit..

Retrench :: Retrench (v. t.) To confine; to limit; to restrict.

Trenched :: Trenched (imp. & p. p.) of Trenc.

Bate :: Bate (v. i.) To remit or retrench a part; -- with of.

Moat :: Moat (n.) A deep trench around the rampart of a castle or other fortified place, sometimes filled with water; a ditch..

Correct :: Correct (v. t.) To remove or retrench the faults or errors of; to amend; to set right; as, to correct the proof (that is, to mark upon the margin the changes to be made, or to make in the type the changes so marked)..

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..

Trench :: Trench (v. t.) To fortify by cutting a ditch, and raising a rampart or breastwork with the earth thrown out of the ditch; to intrench..

Plough :: Plough (v. t.) To turn up, break up, or trench, with a plow; to till with, or as with, a plow; as, to plow the ground; to plow a field..

Trencher :: Trencher (v. t.) A large wooden plate or platter, as for table use..

Satire :: Satire (a.) Keeness and severity of remark; caustic exposure to reprobation; trenchant wit; sarcasm.

Retrenched :: Retrenched (imp. & p. p.) of Retrenc.

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..

Intrench :: Intrench (v. t.) To cut in; to furrow; to make trenches in or upon.

Entrench :: Entrench (v. t.) See Intrench.

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