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1. barriˈcaded, adj. View full entry 1603
...Obstructed, closed, or defended, by a barricade....
2. ˈbattlement, v. View full entry 1603
...To furnish or decorate with battlements....
3. battlemented, adj. View full entry 1603
...Furnished with or surmounted by battlements....
4. bombard, v. View full entry 1598
...intr. To fire off bombards or heavy guns. Obs. (exc. as absol. use of 2.)...
5. buffe, n. View full entry 1598
...In ancient armour, a chin piece pierced with breathing-holes, worn with the burgonet....
6. canton, v. View full entry 1598
...trans. To quarter, divide:...
7. citadel, n. View full entry 1598
...The fortress commanding a city, which it serves both to protect and to keep in subjection. (Regularly used to translate Greek ἀκρόπολις and Latin arx.)...
8. combater, n. View full entry 1598
...One who combats, a combatant....
9. conscientious, adj. View full entry 1603
...Of or relating to conscience; performed according to conscience; well and thoroughly done; scrupulous....
10. † ˈcounter-line, n. View full entry 1598
...A line of entrenchment made against the enemy's lines; spec. a ditch bordered with a parapet to cover the besiegers in the direction of the fortress (Littré Contre-ligne)....
11. ˈcounterˌwork, n. View full entry 1598
...gen. Any work intended to oppose or counteract another work; opposing work or operation....
12. crusher, n. View full entry 1598
...One who or that which crushes....
13. diˈrected, adj. View full entry 1598
...Aimed, addressed, guided, etc.: see the vb....
14. † ˌembarriˈcado, v. View full entry 1603
...= barricade...
15. escalade, n. View full entry 1598
...The action of scaling the walls of a fortified place by the use of ladders; also transf. and fig....
16. intershock, v. View full entry 1603
...trans. To strike or attack mutually. Obs....
17. inverted, adj. View full entry 1598
...Turned upside down....
18. inˈvesting, n. View full entry 1598
...The action of the verb invest...
19. lapidation, n. View full entry 1611
...spec. The punishment of stoning to death....
20. † munion, n. View full entry 1611
...The trunnion of a gun....
