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A seat; especially, a royal seat; a throne. [Obs.] "Upon the very siege of justice." Shak. A stately siege of sovereign majesty, And thereon sat a woman gorgeous gay. Spenser. In our great hall there stood a vacant chair . . . And Merlin called it "The siege perilous." Tennyson.

A temporary fort or parallel where siege guns are mounted.

To besiege. [Obs.] "Assieged castles." Spenser.

o beset or surround with armed forces, for the purpose of compelling to surrender; to lay siege to; to beleaguer; to beset. Till Paris was besieged, famished, and lost. Shak.

The act of besieging, or the state of being besieged. Golding.

One who besieges; -- opposed to the besieged.

To seat again; to reinstate. [Obs.] Spenser.

e: Unseen peril; a device to entrap; a snare. Heaven, whose high walls fear no assault or siege Or ambush from the deep. Milton.

Done out of love. [Obs.] Lay an amiable siege to the honesty of this Ford's wife. Shak.

iving much annoyance to passengers. Fuller. For the further annoyance and terror of any besieged place, they would throw into it dead bodies. Wilkins.

The advanced works, trenches, or covered roads made by besiegers in their advances toward a fortress or military post.

lery or gunnery. Campbell. Artillery park, or Park of artillery. (a) A collective body of siege or field artillery, including the guns, and the carriages, ammunition, appurtenances, equipments, and persons necessary for working them. (b) The place where the artillery is encamped or collected. -- Artillery train, or Tr…

Certainly; indubitably. "The siege assuredly I'll raise." Shak.

A tower or an elevated work, used for the defense, or in the siege, of a fortified place. The high bastiles . . . which overtopped the walls. Holland.

A train of artillery for siege operations.

1. (Mil.) An engine used in ancient times to beat down the walls of besieged places.

To surround with an army so as to preclude escape; to besiege; to blockade. The wail of famine in beleaguered towns. Longfellow.

A movable tower erected by besiegers for purposes of attack and defense.

To hem in; to waylay; to surround; to besiege; to blockade. "Beset with foes." Milton. Let thy troops beset our gates. Addison.

That besieges; laying siege to. -- Be*sie"ging*ly, adv.