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See also:Siege,siége,siégé,andsiège

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syege(15th–16th centuries)

siege (pluralsieges)

Military action.
1. (military) Aprolongedmilitaryassault or ablockade of acity orfortress with the intent ofconquering byforce orattrition.
  - 1748, [David Hume], chapter 3, inPhilosophical Essays Concerning Human Understanding, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […],→OCLC,page 5:
    The Peloponnesian war is a proper subject for history, thesiege of Athens for an epic poem, and the death of Alcibiades for a tragedy.
  - 2001, Alfred S. Bradford,With Arrow, Sword, and Spear: A History of Warfare in the Ancient World‎^[1],Praeger,→ISBN,→LCCN,→OCLC,page145:
    Liu Pang's generalHan Hsin won the strategic city of Hsing-yang for him, butHsiang-Yü put Liu Pang undersiege there.
2. (US) A period ofstruggle or difficulty, especially from illness.
3. (figuratively) A prolonged assault or attack.
  - 2012 June 19, Phil McNulty, “England 1-0 Ukraine”, inBBC Sport:
    But once again Hodgson's men found a way to get the result they required and there is a real air of respectability about their campaign even though they had to survive a first-halfsiege from a Ukraine side desperate for the win they needed to progress.
Aseat.
1. (obsolete) A seat, especially as used by someone of importance or authority.
  - 1485,Sir Thomas Malory, “ij”, inLe Morte Darthur, book V:
    Now Merlyn said kyng Arthur / goo thow and aspye me in al this land l knyghtes whiche ben of most prowesse & worship / within short tyme merlyn had founde suche knyȝtes[…]Thenne the Bisshop of Caunterbury was fette and he blessid thesyeges with grete Royalte and deuoycyon / and there sette the viij and xx knyghtes in hersyeges
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  - 1590,Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto VII”, inThe Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] forWilliam Ponsonbie,→OCLC:
    To th'vpper part, where was aduaunced hye / A statelysiege of soueraigne maiestye; / And thereon sat a woman gorgeous gay […].
2. (obsolete) An ecclesiasticalsee.
3. (obsolete) The place where one has his seat; ahome,residence,domain,empire.
4. The seat of aheron while looking out for prey.
5. A flock of herons.
6. (obsolete) Atoilet seat.
7. (obsolete) Theanus; therectum.
  - 1650,Thomas Browne, chapter III, inPseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […],→OCLC, 1st book,page17:
    Another ground were certain holes or cavities observable about thesiege; which being perceived in males, made some conceive there might be also a feminine nature in them.
8. (obsolete) Excrements, stool, fecal matter.
  - 1610–1611 (date written),William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act II, scene ii]:
    Thou art very Trinculo indeed! How cam'st thou / to be thesiege of thismoon-calf? Can he vent Trinculos?
9. (obsolete) Rank; grade; station; estimation.
  - c.1603–1604 (date written),William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act I, scene ii]:
    I fetch my life and being / From men of royalsiege.
10. (obsolete) The floor of aglass-furnace.
(obsolete) Aplace with atoilet seat: anouthouse; alavatory.