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Gain :: Gain (n.) To come off winner or victor in; to be successful in; to obtain by competition; as, to gain a battle; to gain a case at law; to gain a prize..

Liner :: Liner (n.) A vessel belonging to a regular line of packets; also, a line-of-battle ship; a ship of the line..

Battalion :: Battalion (n.) A body of troops; esp. a body of troops or an army in battle array.

Defeat :: Defeat (v.) An overthrow, as of an army in battle; loss of a battle; repulse suffered; discomfiture; -- opposed to victory..

Overbattle :: Overbattle (a.) Excessively fertile; bearing rank or noxious growths.

Engage :: Engage (v. i.) To enter into conflict; to join battle; as, the armies engaged in a general battle..

Spill :: Spill (v. t.) To cause to flow out and be lost or wasted; to shed, or suffer to be shed, as in battle or in manslaughter; as, a man spills another's blood, or his own blood..

Embattle :: Embattle (v. i.) To be arrayed for battle.

Recreant :: Recreant (a.) Crying for mercy, as a combatant in the trial by battle; yielding; cowardly; mean-spirited; craven..

Crenel :: Crenel (n.) An embrasure or indentation in a battlement; a loophole in a fortress; an indentation; a notch. See Merlon, and Illust. of Battlement..

Fight :: Fight (v. t.) To contend with in battle; to war against; as, they fought the enemy in two pitched battles; the sloop fought the frigate for three hours..

Conflict :: Conflict (v.) A strife for the mastery; hostile contest; battle; struggle; fighting.

Account :: Account (n.) A statement of facts or occurrences; recital of transactions; a relation or narrative; a report; a description; as, an account of a battle..

Poleaxe :: Poleaxe (n.) Anciently, a kind of battle-ax with a long handle; later, an ax or hatchet with a short handle, and a head variously patterned; -- used by soldiers, and also by sailors in boarding a vessel..

Crotchet :: Crotchet (n.) The arrangement of a body of troops, either forward or rearward, so as to form a line nearly perpendicular to the general line of battle..

Charger :: Charger (n.) A horse for battle or parade.

Oriflamme :: Oriflamme (n.) A standard or ensign, in battle..

Dubious :: Dubious (a.) Of uncertain event or issue; as, in dubious battle..

Embattail :: Embattail (v. t.) To furnish with battlements; to fortify as with battlements.

Fighting :: Fighting (a.) Occupied in war; being the scene of a battle; as, a fighting field..

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