SIEGE


Meaning of SIEGE in English

noun a workman's bench.

2. siege ·noun the floor of a glass-furnace.

3. siege ·noun hence, place or situation; seat.

4. siege ·noun rank; grade; station; estimation.

5. siege ·noun a seat; especially, a royal seat; a throne.

6. siege ·noun passage of excrements; stool; fecal matter.

7. siege ·noun hence, a continued attempt to gain possession.

8. siege ·vt to besiege; to beset.

9. siege ·noun the sitting of an army around or before a fortified place for the purpose of compelling the garrison to surrender; the surrounding or investing of a place by an army, and approaching it by passages and advanced works, which cover the besiegers from the enemy's fire. ·see the note under blockade.

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