| siege |
noun |
A seat; especially, a royal seat; a throne., Hence, place or situation; seat., Rank; grade; station; estimation., Passage of excrements; stool; fecal matter., 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., Hence, a continued attempt to gain possession., The floor of a glass-furnace., A workman’s bench., To besiege; to beset. |
| sieve |
noun |
A utensil for separating the finer and coarser parts of a pulverized or granulated substance from each other. It consist of a vessel, usually shallow, with the bottom perforated, or made of hair, wire, or the like, woven in meshes., A kind of coarse basket. |