| Siege |
n. |
A seat; especially, a royal seat; a throne. |
| Siege |
n. |
Hence, place or situation; seat. |
| Siege |
n. |
Rank; grade; station; estimation. |
| Siege |
n. |
Passage of excrements; stool; fecal matter. |
| Siege |
n. |
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. |
| Siege |
n. |
Hence, a continued attempt to gain possession. |
| Siege |
n. |
The floor of a glass-furnace. |
| Siege |
n. |
A workman's bench. |
| Siege |
v. t. |
To besiege; to beset. |
| Siegework |
n. |
A temporary fort or parallel where siege guns are mounted. |
| Siemens-Martin process |
|
See Open-hearth process, etc., under Open. |
| Siemens-Martin steel |
|
See Open-hearth steel, under Open. |
| Sienite |
n. |
See Syenite. |
| Sienitic |
a. |
See Syenitic. |
| Sienna |
n. |
Clay that is colored red or brown by the oxides of iron or manganese, and used as a pigment. It is used either in the raw state or burnt. |
| Siennese |
a. |
Of or pertaining to Sienna, a city of Italy. |
| Sierra |
n. |
A ridge of mountain and craggy rocks, with a serrated or irregular outline; as, the Sierra Nevada. |
| Siesta |
n. |
A short sleep taken about the middle of the day, or after dinner; a midday nap. |
| Sieur |
n. |
Sir;
a title of respect used by the French. |
| Sieva |
n. |
A small variety of the Lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus). |
| Sieve |
n. |
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. |
| Sieve |
n. |
A kind of coarse basket. |
