Definition of trench

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Trench (v. t.) To cut furrows or ditches in; as, to trench land for the purpose of draining it..

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Trenchant :: Trenchant (v. t.) Fig.: Keen; biting; severe; as, trenchant wit..
Bate :: Bate (v. t.) To lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing; to abate; to beat down; to lower..
Trenchmore :: Trenchmore (n.) A kind of lively dance of a rude, boisterous character. Also, music in triple time appropriate to the dance..
Syncope :: Syncope (n.) An elision or retrenchment of one or more letters or syllables from the middle of a word; as, ne'er for never, ev'ry for every..
Intrenchment :: Intrenchment (n.) An encroachment or infringement.
Intrench :: Intrench (v. t.) To cut in; to furrow; to make trenches in or upon.
Trench :: Trench (v. t.) To dig or cultivate very deeply, usually by digging parallel contiguous trenches in succession, filling each from the next; as, to trench a garden for certain crops..
Correct :: Correct (v. t.) To remove or retrench the faults or errors of; to amend; to set right; as, to correct the proof (that is, to mark upon the margin the changes to be made, or to make in the type the changes so marked)..
Trench-plough :: Trench-plough (v. t.) To plow with deep furrows, for the purpose of loosening the land to a greater depth than usual..
Intrenching :: Intrenching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Intrenc.
Trench-plow :: Trench-plow (v. t.) Alt. of Trench-ploug.
Cremaillere :: Cremaillere (n.) An indented or zigzaged line of intrenchment.
Approach :: Approach (v. i.) The advanced works, trenches, or covered roads made by besiegers in their advances toward a fortress or military post..
Trench :: Trench (v. i.) To have direction; to aim or tend.
Underdrain :: Underdrain (n.) An underground drain or trench with openings through which the water may percolate from the soil or ground above.
Intrenchment :: Intrenchment (n.) The act of intrenching or the state of being intrenched.
Trenchmore :: Trenchmore (v. i.) To dance the trenchmore.
Trench :: Trench (v. t.) To cut furrows or ditches in; as, to trench land for the purpose of draining it..
Parallel :: Parallel (n.) One of a series of long trenches constructed before a besieged fortress, by the besieging force, as a cover for troops supporting the attacking batteries. They are roughly parallel to the line of outer defenses of the fortress..
Palanka :: Palanka (n.) A camp permanently intrenched, attached to Turkish frontier fortresses..
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