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agreement; as, the stipulations of the allied powers to furnish each his contingent of troops.

A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made.

ut posts or timbers set firmly in the earth in contact with each other (and usually with loopholes) to form a barrier, or defensive fortification. [Written also stoccade.]

A violent assault on a fortified place; a furious attempt of troops to enter and take a fortified place by scaling the walls, forcing the gates, or the like.

rove; to stray; to wander from the line of march or desert the line of battle; as, when troops are on the march, the men should not straggle. Dryden.

A band, plate, or loop of metal for clasping and holding timbers or parts of a machine. (b) (Naut.)

An extensive division of gastropod Mollusca in which the loop or visceral nerves is twisted, and the sexes separate. It is nearly to equivalent to Prosobranchiata.

bmissive; humble; obsequious. [Archaic] "Soft Silence and submiss Obedience." Spenser. "Stooping and submiss." R. L. Stevenson.

.S.] Such a horse as that might get over a good deal of ground atwixt sunup and sundown. Cooper.

Auxiliary troops or reënforcements. "My promised supply of horsemen." Shak.

ed two, and two surcharged one. Spenser. Your head reclined, as hiding grief from view, Droops like a rose surcharged with morning dew. Dryden.

To inclose, as a body of troops, between hostile forces, so as to cut off means of communication or retreat; to invest, as a city.

A person who follows an army, and sells to the troops provisions, liquors, and the like.

To act as sutler; to supply provisions and other articles to troops.

ds of which are attached overhead, as to the bough of a tree, a seat being placed in the loop at the bottom; also, any contrivance by which a similar motion is produced for amusement or exercise.

A loop for pulling or lifting something.

Something used for taking hold or holding; a catch; a loop; a button. [Obs.] Ex. xxvi. 6.

o the right or to the left (Mil.), to extend the line to the right or left; to move, as troops, to the right or left. -- To take heart, to gain confidence or courage; to be encouraged. -- To take heed, to be careful or cautious. "Take heed what doom against yourself you give." Dryden. -- To take heed to, to attend w…

eeds, some of which, such as the Skye terrier and Yorkshire terrier, have long hair and drooping ears, while others, at the English and the black-and-tan terriers, have short, close, smooth hair and upright ears.

A cover or screen which a body of troops formed with their shields or targets, by holding them over their heads when standing close to each other. This cover resembled the back of a tortoise, and served to shelter the men from darts, stones, and other missiles. A similar defense was sometimes formed of boards, and move…