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A trench made in the earth by digging, particularly a trench for draining wet land, for guarding or fencing inclosures, or for preventing an approach to a town or fortress. In the latter sense, it is called also a moat or a fosse.

d, or wet grass; to drabble; to trail. Gray. With draggled nets down-hanging to the tide. Trench.

That means of which anything is drained; a channel; a trench; a water course; a sewer; a sink.

t; the act of drinking. In his hands he took the goblet, but a while the draught forbore. Trench.

"to make to fall," and "to lay," to make to lie." so "to drench," is "to make to drink." Trench.

r T. Elyot. All were dukes once, who were "duces" -- captains or leaders of their people. Trench.

as Will stupefy and dull the sense a while. Shak. Use and custom have so dulled our eyes. Trench.

ermanent color to, as by the application of dyestuffs. Cloth to be dyed of divers colors. Trench. The soul is dyed by its thoughts. Lubbock. To dye in the grain, To dye in the wool (Fig.), to dye firmly; to imbue thoroughly. He might truly be termed a legitimate son of the revenue system dyed in the wool. Hawthorne.…

ures on shields, standards, etc.; emblazonment. Thine ancient standard's rich emblazonry. Trench.

teps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another; to trespass; to intrude; to trench; -- commonly with on or upon; as, to encroach on a neighbor; to encroach on the highway. No sense, faculty, or member must encroach upon or interfere with the duty and office of another. South. Superstition, . . . a creepin…

A firing in the direction of the length of a trench, or a line of parapet or troops, etc.; a raking fire.

hten the mind or understanding. The conscience enlightened by the Word and Spirit of God. Trench.

elevate in degree, qualities, or excellence; to dignify. "Ennobling all that he touches." Trench. What can ennoble sots, or slaves, or cowards Alas! not all the blood of all the Howards. Pope.

otality; as, the entireness of an arch or a bridge. This same entireness or completeness. Trench.

. divers epochs of time were used. Usher. Great epochs and crises in the kingdom of God. Trench. The acquittal of the bishops was not the only event which makes the 30th of June, 1688, a great epoch in history. Macaulay.

or epistles; an ethical system; ethical philosophy. The ethical meaning of the miracles. Trench. Ethical dative (Gram.), a use of the dative of a pronoun to signify that the person or thing spoken of is regarded with interest by some one; as, Quid mihi Celsus agit How does my friend Celsus do

ds; to deduce words from their simple roots. How perilous it is to etymologize at random. Trench.

ument. The heathen had a method, more truly their own, of evading the Christian miracles. Trench.

will I drown your exclamations. Shak. A festive exclamation not unsuited to the occasion. Trench.

accidental; accompanying; superficial. The external circumstances are greatly different. Trench.