Siege (?), n. [OE. sege, OF.
siege, F. siège a seat, a siege; cf. It.
seggia, seggio, zedio, a seat, asseggio,
assedio, a siege, F. assiéger 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.
A stately siege of sovereign majesty,
And thereon sat a woman gorgeous gay.
Spenser.
In our great hall there stood a vacant chair . . .
And Merlin called it "The siege perilous."
Tennyson.
2. Hence, place or situation; seat.
[Obs.]
Ah! traitorous eyes, come out of your shameless
siege forever.
Painter (Palace of
Pleasure).
3. Rank; grade; station; estimation.
[Obs.]
I fetch my life and being
From men of royal siege.
Shak.
4. Passage of excrements; stool; fecal
matter. [Obs.]
The siege of this mooncalf.
Shak.
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.
Love stood the siege, and would not yield his
breast.
Dryden.
7. The floor of a glass-furnace.
8. A workman's bench.
Knught.
Siege gun, a heavy gun for siege
operations. -- Siege train, artillery
adapted for attacking fortified places.
Siege, v. t. To besiege; to
beset. [R.]
Through all the dangers that can siege
The life of man.
Buron.
Siege (?), n. [OE. sege, OF.
siege, F. siège a seat, a siege; cf. It.
seggia, seggio, zedio, a seat, asseggio,
assedio, a siege, F. assiéger 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.
A stately siege of sovereign majesty,
And thereon sat a woman gorgeous gay.
Spenser.
In our great hall there stood a vacant chair . . .
And Merlin called it "The siege perilous."
Tennyson.
2. Hence, place or situation; seat.
[Obs.]
Ah! traitorous eyes, come out of your shameless
siege forever.
Painter (Palace of
Pleasure).
3. Rank; grade; station; estimation.
[Obs.]
I fetch my life and being
From men of royal siege.
Shak.
4. Passage of excrements; stool; fecal
matter. [Obs.]
The siege of this mooncalf.
Shak.
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.
Love stood the siege, and would not yield his
breast.
Dryden.
7. The floor of a glass-furnace.
8. A workman's bench.
Knught.
Siege gun, a heavy gun for siege
operations. -- Siege train, artillery
adapted for attacking fortified places.
Siege, v. t. To besiege; to
beset. [R.]
Through all the dangers that can siege
The life of man.
Buron.
