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Trenchand :: Trenchand (a.) Trenchant.

Intrenchment :: Intrenchment (n.) The act of intrenching or the state of being intrenched.

Trencher-man :: Trencher-man (n.) A feeder; a great eater; a gormandizer.

Antestature :: Antestature (n.) A small intrenchment or work of palisades, or of sacks of earth..

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..

Work :: Work (n.) Structures in civil, military, or naval engineering, as docks, bridges, embankments, trenches, fortifications, and the like; also, the structures and grounds of a manufacturing establishment; as, iron works; locomotive works; gas works..

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

Trench-plow :: Trench-plow (v. t.) Alt. of Trench-ploug.

Retrench :: Retrench (v. t.) To cut off; to pare away.

Underdrain :: Underdrain (n.) An underground drain or trench with openings through which the water may percolate from the soil or ground above.

Satire :: Satire (a.) Keeness and severity of remark; caustic exposure to reprobation; trenchant wit; sarcasm.

Intrenchant :: Intrenchant (a.) Not to be gashed or marked with furrows.

Retrenchment :: Retrenchment (n.) A work constructed within another, to prolong the defense of the position when the enemy has gained possession of the outer work; or to protect the defenders till they can retreat or obtain terms for a capitulation..

Return :: Return (n.) The turnings and windings of a trench or mine.

Traverse :: Traverse (a.) Lying across; being in a direction across something else; as, paths cut with traverse trenches..

Intrench :: Intrench (v. i.) To invade; to encroach; to infringe or trespass; to enter on, and take possession of, that which belongs to another; -- usually followed by on or upon; as, the king was charged with intrenching on the rights of the nobles, and the nobles were accused of intrenching on the prerogative of the crown..

Grip :: Grip (v. t.) To trench; to drain.

Bate :: Bate (v. t.) To lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing; to abate; to beat down; to lower..

Trenchmore :: Trenchmore (v. i.) To dance the trenchmore.

Vallation :: Vallation (n.) A rampart or intrenchment.

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