[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

siege \siege\, n. oe. sege, of. siege, f. si`ege a seat, a
   siege; cf. it. seggia, seggio, zedio, a seat, asseggio,
   assedio, a siege, f. assi'eger to besiege, it.  ll.
   assediare, l. obsidium a siege, besieging; all ultimately fr.
   l. sedere to sit. see sit, and cf. see, n.
   1. a seat; especially, a royal seat; a throne. obs. "upon
      the very siege of justice." --shak.
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            a stately siege of sovereign majesty,
            and thereon sat a woman gorgeous gay. --spenser.
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            in our great hall there stood a vacant chair . . .
            and merlin called it "the siege perilous."
                                                  --tennyson.
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   2. hence, place or situation; seat. obs.
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            ah traitorous eyes, come out of your shameless
            siege forever.                        --painter
                                                  palace of
                                                  pleasure.
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   3. rank; grade; station; estimation. obs.
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            i fetch my life and being
            from men of royal siege.              --shak.
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   4. passage of excrements; stool; fecal matter. obs.
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            the siege of this mooncalf.           --shak.
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   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.
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   6. hence, a continued attempt to gain possession.
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            love stood the siege, and would not yield his
            breast.                               --dryden.
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   7. the floor of a glass-furnace.
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   8. a workman's bench. --knught.
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   siege gun, a heavy gun for siege operations.

   siege train, artillery adapted for attacking fortified
      places.
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see also:
sit see blockade siege gun siege train 

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