A continued endeavour, by systematic military means, such as batteries, trenches, mines, &c., to overpower the defences of a place and take possession of it.
·noun A workman's bench. II. Siege ·noun The floor of a glass-furnace. III. Siege ·noun Hence, pla...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
The ordnance (guns, mortars, howitzers, &c.) used for overpowering the fire and destroying the defen...
The Sailor's Word-Book
Properly, the whole of the material, with its transport, required for carrying on a siege; but more ...
To abandon or cause the abandonment of a siege. ...