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

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..

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..

Furrow :: Furrow (n.) A trench in the earth made by, or as by, a plow..

Retrenching :: Retrenching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Retrenc.

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

Intrenchment :: Intrenchment (n.) The act of intrenching or the state of being intrenched.

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

Antestature :: Antestature (n.) A small intrenchment or work of palisades, or of sacks of earth..

Trencher-man :: Trencher-man (n.) A feeder; a great eater; a gormandizer.

Palanka :: Palanka (n.) A camp permanently intrenched, attached to Turkish frontier fortresses..

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

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

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..

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

Bate :: Bate (v. t.) To lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing; to abate; to beat down; to lower..

Trenchmore :: Trenchmore (n.) A kind of lively dance of a rude, boisterous character. Also, music in triple time appropriate to the dance..

Retrenchment :: Retrenchment (n.) A work constructed within another, to prolong the defense of the position when the enemy has gained possession of the outer work; or to protect the defenders till they can retreat or obtain terms for a capitulation..

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..

Drain :: Drain (n.) That means of which anything is drained; a channel; a trench; a water course; a sewer; a sink.

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