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Intrench :: Intrench (v. i.) To invade; to encroach; to infringe or trespass; to enter on, and take possession of, that which belongs to another; -- usually followed by on or upon; as, the king was charged with intrenching on the rights of the nobles, and the nobles were accused of intrenching on the prerogative of the crown..

Intrenchment :: Intrenchment (n.) An encroachment or infringement.

Violate :: Violate (v. t.) To do violence to, as to anything that should be held sacred or respected; to profane; to desecrate; to break forcibly; to trench upon; to infringe..

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..

Intrenched :: Intrenched (imp. & p. p.) of Intrenc.

Retirade :: Retirade (n.) A kind of retrenchment, as in the body of a bastion, which may be disputed inch by inch after the defenses are dismantled. It usually consists of two faces which make a reentering angle..

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

Trencher :: Trencher (v. t.) One who trenches; esp., one who cuts or digs ditches..

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

Line :: Line (n.) A trench or rampart.

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

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

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

Trencher-man :: Trencher-man (n.) A cook.

Trenchand :: Trenchand (a.) Trenchant.

Underdrain :: Underdrain (n.) An underground drain or trench with openings through which the water may percolate from the soil or ground above.

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

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..

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..

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