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Traverse :: Traverse (a.) Lying across; being in a direction across something else; as, paths cut with traverse trenches..

Pioneer :: Pioneer (n.) A soldier detailed or employed to form roads, dig trenches, and make bridges, as an army advances..

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

Trencher :: Trencher (v. t.) The table; hence, the pleasures of the table; food..

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

Trencher-man :: Trencher-man (n.) A table companion; a trencher mate.

Chase :: Chase (n.) A groove, or channel, as in the face of a wall; a trench, as for the reception of drain tile..

Trench-plow :: Trench-plow (v. t.) Alt. of Trench-ploug.

Retrench :: Retrench (v. i.) To cause or suffer retrenchment; specifically, to cut down living expenses; as, it is more reputable to retrench than to live embarrassed..

Ditch :: Ditch (n.) A trench made in the earth by digging, particularly a trench for draining wet land, for guarding or fencing inclosures, or for preventing an approach to a town or fortress. In the latter sense, it is called also a moat or a fosse..

Encroach :: Encroach (v. i.) To enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another; to trespass; to intrude; to trench; -- commonly with on or upon; as, to encroach on a neighbor; to encroach on the highway..

Intrenchment :: Intrenchment (n.) Any defense or protection.

Retrenchment :: Retrenchment (n.) The act or process of retrenching; as, the retrenchment of words in a writing..

Retrench :: Retrench (v. t.) To cut off; to pare away.

Reverse :: Reverse (a.) The back side; as, the reverse of a drum or trench; the reverse of a medal or coin, that is, the side opposite to the obverse. See Obverse..

Boyau :: Boyau (n.) A winding or zigzag trench forming a path or communication from one siegework to another, to a magazine, etc..

Cremaillere :: Cremaillere (n.) An indented or zigzaged line of intrenchment.

Intrench :: Intrench (v. t.) To surround with a trench or with intrenchments, as in fortification; to fortify with a ditch and parapet; as, the army intrenched their camp, or intrenched itself..

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

Vallation :: Vallation (n.) A rampart or intrenchment.

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