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

Ditching :: Ditching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ditc.

Leap :: Leap (v. t.) To cause to leap; as, to leap a horse across a ditch..

Dike :: Dike (v. i.) To work as a ditcher; to dig.

Fascine :: Fascine (n.) A cylindrical bundle of small sticks of wood, bound together, used in raising batteries, filling ditches, strengthening ramparts, and making parapets; also in revetments for river banks, and in mats for dams, jetties, etc..

Ditch :: Ditch (v. t.) To throw into a ditch; as, the engine was ditched and turned on its side..

Postern :: Postern (n.) A subterraneous passage communicating between the parade and the main ditch, or between the ditches and the interior of the outworks..

Ditch :: Ditch (n.) Any long, narrow receptacle for water on the surface of the earth..

Trench :: Trench (v. t.) A long, narrow cut in the earth; a ditch; as, a trench for draining land..

Jump :: "Jump (v. t.) To cause to jump; as, he jumped his horse across the ditch..

Rhine :: Rhine (n.) A water course; a ditch.

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..

Scarp :: Scarp (n.) The slope of the ditch nearest the parapet; the escarp.

Siren :: Siren (n.) Any long, slender amphibian of the genus Siren or family Sirenidae, destitute of hind legs and pelvis, and having permanent external gills as well as lungs. They inhabit the swamps, lagoons, and ditches of the Southern United States. The more common species (Siren lacertina) is dull lead-gray in color, and becames two feet long..

Xanthidium :: Xanthidium (n.) A genus of minute unicellular algae of the desmids. These algae have a rounded shape and are armed with glochidiate or branched aculei. Several species occur in ditches, and others are found fossil in flint or hornstone..

Ditches :: Ditches (pl. ) of Ditc.

Escarp :: Escarp (n.) The side of the ditch next the parapet; -- same as scarp, and opposed to counterscarp..

Underditch :: Underditch (v. t.) To dig an underground ditches in, so as to drain the surface; to underdrain; as, to underditch a field or a farm..

Ditched :: Ditched (imp. & p. p.) of Ditc.

Delf :: Delf (n.) A mine; a quarry; a pit dug; a ditch.

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