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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..

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..

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..

Furrow :: Furrow (n.) Any trench, channel, or groove, as in wood or metal; a wrinkle on the face; as, the furrows of age..

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

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..

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

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

Trenchmore :: Trenchmore (v. i.) To dance the trenchmore.

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..

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

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..

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

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

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

Trenchand :: Trenchand (a.) Trenchant.

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

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

Pah :: Pah (n.) A kind of stockaded intrenchment.

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)..

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