Siege

·noun A workman's bench.

II. Siege ·noun The floor of a glass-furnace.

III. Siege ·noun Hence, place or situation; seat.

IV. Siege ·noun Rank; grade; station; estimation.

V. Siege ·noun A seat; especially, a royal seat; a throne.

VI. Siege ·noun Passage of excrements; stool; fecal matter.

VII. Siege ·noun Hence, a continued attempt to gain possession.

VIII. Siege ·vt To Besiege; to Beset.

IX. 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.