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

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

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

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

Contravallation :: Contravallation (n.) A trench guarded with a parapet, constructed by besiegers, to secure themselves and check sallies of the besieged..

Trench :: Trench (v. t.) To cut furrows or ditches in; as, to trench land for the purpose of draining it..

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

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)..

Return :: Return (n.) The turnings and windings of a trench or mine.

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

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

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..

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

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

Cunette :: Cunette (n.) A drain trench, in a ditch or moat; -- called also cuvette..

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

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

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..

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

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