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    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.

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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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    Siege, v. t. To besiege; to beset. [R.]
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    Through all the dangers that can siege
    The life of man.
    Buron.

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