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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..

Rise :: Rise (v.) To retire; to give up a siege.

Odyssey :: Odyssey (n.) An epic poem attributed to Homer, which describes the return of Ulysses to Ithaca after the siege of Troy..

Compass :: Compass (v. t.) To inclose on all sides; to surround; to encircle; to environ; to invest; to besiege; -- used with about, round, around, and round about..

Besiegement :: Besiegement (n.) The act of besieging, or the state of being besieged..

Leaguer :: Leaguer (n.) A siege or beleaguering.

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

Siege :: Siege (n.) Hence, place or situation; seat..

Levy :: Levy (v. t.) To raise, as a siege..

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

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

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..

Obsidional :: Obsidional (a.) Of or pertaining to a siege.

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

Coupure :: Coupure (n.) A passage cut through the glacis to facilitate sallies by the besieged.

Leaguer :: Leaguer (v. t.) To besiege; to beleaguer.

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

Bolster :: Bolster (n.) A block of wood on the carriage of a siege gun, upon which the breech of the gun rests when arranged for transportation..

Fall :: Fall (n.) The surrender of a besieged fortress or town ; as, the fall of Sebastopol..

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..

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