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Market :: Market (n.) A meeting together of people, at a stated time and place, for the purpose of traffic (as in cattle, provisions, wares, etc.) by private purchase and sale, and not by auction; as, a market is held in the town every week..

Rochelle :: Rochelle (n.) A seaport town in France.

Ditch :: Ditch (n.) A trench made in the earth by digging, particularly a trench for draining wet land, for guarding or fencing inclosures, or for preventing an approach to a town or fortress. In the latter sense, it is called also a moat or a fosse..

Township :: Township (n.) The district or territory of a town.

Provost :: Provost (n.) A person who is appointed to superintend, or preside over, something; the chief magistrate in some cities and towns; as, the provost of Edinburgh or of Glasgow, answering to the mayor of other cities; the provost of a college, answering to president; the provost or head of certain collegiate churches..

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..

Garrison :: Garrison (v. t.) To place troops in, as a fortification, for its defense; to furnish with soldiers; as, to garrison a fort or town..

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

Uptown :: Uptown (adv.) To or in the upper part of a town; as, to go uptown..

Inundate :: Inundate (v. t.) To cover with a flood; to overflow; to deluge; to flood; as, the river inundated the town..

Upland :: Upland (n.) The country, as distinguished from the neighborhood of towns..

Murage :: Murage (n.) A tax or toll paid for building or repairing the walls of a fortified town.

Townsfolk :: Townsfolk (n.) The people of a town; especially, the inhabitants of a city, in distinction from country people; townspeople..

Shell :: Shell (v. t.) To throw shells or bombs upon or into; to bombard; as, to shell a town..

Demolisher :: Demolisher (n.) One who, or that which, demolishes; as, a demolisher of towns..

Podesta :: Podesta (n.) A mayor, alderman, or other magistrate, in some towns of Italy..

Enceinte :: Enceinte (n.) The area or town inclosed by a line of fortification.

Sacker :: Sacker (n.) One who sacks; one who takes part in the storm and pillage of a town.

Garrison :: Garrison (n.) A body of troops stationed in a fort or fortified town.

Cannonade :: Cannonade (n.) The act of discharging cannon and throwing ball, shell, etc., for the purpose of destroying an army, or battering a town, ship, or fort; -- usually, an attack of some continuance..

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