n. | 1. | A seat; especially, a royal seat; a throne. | ||||||
2. | Hence, place or situation; seat. | |||||||
3. | Rank; grade; station; estimation. | |||||||
4. | Passage of excrements; stool; fecal matter. | |||||||
5. | 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. | |||||||
6. | Hence, a continued attempt to gain possession. | |||||||
7. | The floor of a glass-furnace. | |||||||
8. | A workman's bench.
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v. t. | 1. | To besiege; to beset. |
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