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

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

Intrench :: Intrench (v. t.) To surround with a trench or with intrenchments, as in fortification; to fortify with a ditch and parapet; as, the army intrenched their camp, or intrenched itself..

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..

Bate :: Bate (v. i.) To remit or retrench a part; -- with of.

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..

Reverse :: Reverse (a.) The back side; as, the reverse of a drum or trench; the reverse of a medal or coin, that is, the side opposite to the obverse. See Obverse..

Furrow :: Furrow (n.) Any trench, channel, or groove, as in wood or metal; a wrinkle on the face; as, the furrows of age..

Intrenchment :: Intrenchment (n.) An encroachment or infringement.

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

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..

Leat :: Leat (n.) An artificial water trench, esp. one to or from a mill..

Pah :: Pah (n.) A kind of stockaded intrenchment.

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

Trenchant :: Trenchant (v. t.) Fitted to trench or cut; gutting; sharp.

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

Trencher-man :: Trencher-man (n.) A table companion; a trencher mate.

Intrenched :: Intrenched (imp. & p. p.) of Intrenc.

Trenchand :: Trenchand (a.) Trenchant.

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

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