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Besieged :: Besieged (imp. & p. p.) of Besieg.

Siegework :: Siegework (n.) A temporary fort or parallel where siege guns are mounted.

Assiege :: Assiege (v. t.) To besiege.

Siege :: Siege (n.) Passage of excrements; stool; fecal matter.

Besieging :: Besieging (a.) That besieges; laying siege to.

Obsession :: Obsession (n.) The state of being besieged; -- used specifically of a person beset by a spirit from without.

Siege :: Siege (n.) Hence, a continued attempt to gain possession..

Beleaguer :: Beleaguer (v. t.) To surround with an army so as to preclude escape; to besiege; to blockade.

Contravallation :: Contravallation (n.) A trench guarded with a parapet, constructed by besiegers, to secure themselves and check sallies of the besieged..

Leaguerer :: Leaguerer (n.) A besieger.

Siege :: Siege (n.) Rank; grade; station; estimation.

Keep :: Keep (n.) That which keeps or protects; a stronghold; a fortress; a castle; specifically, the strongest and securest part of a castle, often used as a place of residence by the lord of the castle, especially during a siege; the donjon. See Illust. of Castle..

Resiege :: Resiege (v. t.) To seat again; to reinstate.

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..

Succor :: Succor (v. t.) To run to, or run to support; hence, to help or relieve when in difficulty, want, or distress; to assist and deliver from suffering; to relieve; as, to succor a besieged city..

Circumvallation :: Circumvallation (n.) A line of field works made around a besieged place and the besieging army, to protect the camp of the besiegers against the attack of an enemy from without..

Muscule :: Muscule (n.) A long movable shed used by besiegers in ancient times in attacking the walls of a fortified town.

Besieger :: Besieger (n.) One who besieges; -- opposed to the besieged.

Coffer :: Coffer (n.) A trench dug in the bottom of a dry moat, and extending across it, to enable the besieged to defend it by a raking fire..

Sow :: Sow (n.) A kind of covered shed, formerly used by besiegers in filling up and passing the ditch of a besieged place, sapping and mining the wall, or the like..

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