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ligerent nations to examine and search private merchant vessels on the high seas, for the enemy's property or for articles contraband of war. -- Search warrant (Law), a warrant legally issued, authorizing an examination or search of a house, or other place, for goods stolen, secreted, or concealed.

of war it aids the war department in securing information concerning the movements of the enemy.

ice. (Law) See under Accept. -- To see service (Mil.), to do duty in the presence of the enemy, or in actual war.

op (Naut.), a wooden prop covered with tarred hemp, to stop a hole made by the shot of an enemy in a ship's side. -- Shot tower, a lofty tower for making shot, by dropping from its summit melted lead in slender streams. The lead forms spherical drops which cool in the descent, and are received in water or other liquid…

itudes expressing joy, triumph, exultation, or animated courage. The Rhodians, seeing the enemy turn their backs, gave a great shout in derision. Knolles.

my, and approaching it by passages and advanced works, which cover the besiegers from the enemy's fire. See the Note under Blockade.

To cause to cease firing, as by a vigorous cannonade; as, to silence the batteries of an enemy.

self on a chair or other seat; as, to sit down when tired. (b) To begin a siege; as, the enemy sat down before the town. (c) To settle; to fix a permanent abode. Spenser. (d) To rest; to cease as satisfied. "Here we can not sit down, but still proceed in our search." Rogers. -- To sit for a fellowship, to offer one's…

tincture or smack of any quality; to savor; as, a report smells of calumny. Praises in an enemy are superfluous, or smell of craft. Milton.

usually projecting from the bow of a vessel, and intended to explode upon contact with an enemy's ships.

After splintering their lances, they wheeled about, and . . . abandoned the field to the enemy. Prescott.

That which is taken from another by violence; especially, the plunder taken from an enemy; pillage; booty. Gentle gales, Fanning their odoriferous wings, dispense Native perfumes, and whisper whence they stole Those balmy spoils. Milton.

A person sent secretly into an enemy's camp, territory, or fortifications, to inspect his works, ascertain his strength, movements, or designs, and to communicate such intelligence to the proper officer. Spy money, money paid to a spy; the reward for private or secret intelligence regarding the enemy. -- Spy Wednesday…

To cease to stand firm; to begin to give way; to fail. "The enemy staggers." Addison.

to stand a treat. [Colloq.] Tackeray. To stand fire, to receive the fire of arms from an enemy without giving way. -- To stand one's ground, to keep the ground or station one has taken; to maintain one's position. "Pleasants and burghers, however brave, are unable to stand their ground against veteran soldiers." Maca…

d other materials of an offensive and suffocating smell, -- sometimes used in boarding an enemy's vessel.

An artifice or trick in war for deceiving the enemy; hence, in general, artifice; deceptive device; secret plot; evil machination. Fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils. Shak. Those oft are stratagems which error seem, Nor is it Homer nods, but we that dream. Pope.

r power of any body, as of an army, a navy, and the like; as, what is the strength of the enemy by land, or by sea

o lower a flag, or colors, in token of respect, or to signify a surrender of a ship to an enemy. That the English ships of war should not strike in the Danish seas. Bp. Burnet.

s family. He laid waste the adjacent country in order to render it more difficult for the enemy to subsist their army. Robertson.