siege-train

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• Siege

  ·noun A workman's bench. II. Siege ·noun The floor of a glass-furnace. III. Siege ·noun Hence, pla...

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• siege

  A continued endeavour, by systematic military means, such as batteries, trenches, mines, &c., to ove...

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• Train

  ·v The tail of a bird. II. Train ·v A roll train; as, a 12-inch train. III. Train ·v The after par...

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• train

  (Fr. traineau.) A peculiar kind of sleigh used for the transportation of merchandise, wood, &c., in ...

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• siege-artillery

  The ordnance (guns, mortars, howitzers, &c.) used for overpowering the fire and destroying the defen...

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• Battering train

  ·- A train of artillery for siege operations. ...

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• Corridor train

  ·add. ·- A train whose coaches are connected so as to have through its entire length a continuous co...

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• Express train

  ·add. ·- Formerly, a railroad train run expressly for the occasion; a special train; now, a train ru...

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• Train dispatcher

  ·add. ·- An official who gives the orders on a railroad as to the running of trains and their right ...

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• Train oil

  ·- Oil procured from the blubber or fat of whales, by boiling. ...

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• Up-train

  ·- A train going in the direction conventionally called up. II. Up-train ·- A train going in the di...

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• Vestibuled train

  ·add. ·- ·same·as Vestibule train, under <<Vestibule>>. ...

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• battering train

  The train of heavy ordnance necessary for a siege, which, since the copious introduction of vertical...

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• bridge-train

  An equipment for insuring the passage of troops over a river. Pontooners. (See pontoon.) ...

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• train-tackle

  A tackle which is during action hooked to an eye-bolt in the train of a gun-carriage, and to a ring-...

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• train or trail of artillery

  A certain number of pieces of ordnance, completely mounted and fitted with appurtenances and retinue...

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• raise a siege, to

  To abandon or cause the abandonment of a siege. ...

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