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Post :: Post (n.) A military station; the place at which a soldier or a body of troops is stationed; also, the troops at such a station..

Sally :: Sally (v.) A rushing or bursting forth; a quick issue; a sudden eruption; specifically, an issuing of troops from a place besieged to attack the besiegers; a sortie..

Foremost :: Foremost (a.) First in time or place; most advanced; chief in rank or dignity; as, the foremost troops of an army..

Troop :: Troop (n.) A collection of people; a company; a number; a multitude.

Inclose :: Inclose (v. t.) To surround; to shut in; to confine on all sides; to include; to shut up; to encompass; as, to inclose a fort or an army with troops; to inclose a town with walls..

Arrange :: Arrange (v. t.) To put in proper order; to dispose (persons, or parts) in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose; as, troops arranged for battle..

Sutlership :: Sutler (n.) A person who follows an army, and sells to the troops provisions, liquors, and the like..

Blackmail :: Blackmail (n.) A certain rate of money, corn, cattle, or other thing, anciently paid, in the north of England and south of Scotland, to certain men who were allied to robbers, or moss troopers, to be by them protected from pillage..

Charge :: Charge (v. t.) The act of rushing upon, or towards, an enemy; a sudden onset or attack, as of troops, esp. cavalry; hence, the signal for attack; as, to sound the charge..

General :: General (a.) The roll of the drum which calls the troops together; as, to beat the general..

Soften :: Soften (v. t.) To make tender; to make effeminate; to enervate; as, troops softened by luxury..

Re-collect :: Re-collect (v. t.) To collect again; to gather what has been scattered; as, to re-collect routed troops..

Impede :: Impede (v. t.) To hinder; to stop in progress; to obstruct; as, to impede the advance of troops..

Trench :: Trench (v. t.) An excavation made during a siege, for the purpose of covering the troops as they advance toward the besieged place. The term includes the parallels and the approaches..

Blockade :: Blockade (v. t.) The shutting up of a place by troops or ships, with the purpose of preventing ingress or egress, or the reception of supplies; as, the blockade of the ports of an enemy..

Casemate :: Casemate (n.) A bombproof chamber, usually of masonry, in which cannon may be placed, to be fired through embrasures; or one capable of being used as a magazine, or for quartering troops..

Re-formation :: Re-formation (n.) The act of forming anew; a second forming in order; as, the reformation of a column of troops into a hollow square..

Evacuation :: Evacuation (n.) Withdrawal of troops from a town, fortress, etc..

Turm :: Turm (n.) A troop; a company.

Exclusive :: Exclusive (a.) Not taking into the account; excluding from consideration; -- opposed to inclusive; as, five thousand troops, exclusive of artillery..

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