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Work :: Work (n.) Structures in civil, military, or naval engineering, as docks, bridges, embankments, trenches, fortifications, and the like; also, the structures and grounds of a manufacturing establishment; as, iron works; locomotive works; gas works..

Trench :: Trench (v. t.) To cut; to form or shape by cutting; to make by incision, hewing, or the like..

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

Retrench :: Retrench (v. t.) To confine; to limit; to restrict.

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

Trenching :: Trenching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Trenc.

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

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..

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

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

Blindage :: Blindage (n.) A cover or protection for an advanced trench or approach, formed of fascines and earth supported by a framework..

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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