A seat; especially, a royal seat; a throne. [Obs.]
A stately siege of sovereign majesty,
And thereon sat a woman gorgeous gay.
In our great hall there stood a vacant chair . . .
And Merlin called it “The siege perilous.”
Hence, place or situation; seat. [Obs.]
Ah! traitorous eyes, come out of your shameless siege forever.
Rank; grade; station; estimation. [Obs.]
I fetch my life and being
From men of royal siege.
Passage of excrements; stool; fecal matter. [Obs.]
The siege of this mooncalf.
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.
Hence, a continued attempt to gain possession.
Love stood the siege, and would not yield his breast.
The floor of a glass-furnace.
A workman's bench.
Phrases & Compounds
Siege gun
a heavy gun for siege operations.
Siege train
artillery adapted for attacking fortified places.
Siege
v. t.
To besiege; to beset. [R.]
Through all the dangers that can siege
The life of man.