siege
n. முற்றுகை, சுற்றிவளைப்பு, முற்றுகைக்காலம், முற்றுகையீடு, முற்றுகைக்கு ஆட்படுதல், ஆள்வகையில் சுற்றி மொய்ப்பு, கருத்து நெருக்கீடு, தங்கருத்துக்குக் கொண்டு வரும் வன்முறை நெருக்கு முஸ்ற்சி, (வினை.) முற்றுகையிடு.
Siege, n. Etym: [OE. sege, OF. siege, F. siège a seat, a siege; cf. It. seggia, seggio, zedio, a seat, asseggio, assedio, a siege, F. assiéger to besiege, It. & LL. assediare, L. obsidium a siege, besieging; all ultimately fr. L. sedere to sit. See Sit, and cf. See, n.] 1. 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. 2. Hence, place or situation; seat. [Obs.] Ah! traitorous eyes, come out of your shameless siege forever. Painter (Palace of Pleasure). 3. Rank; grade; station; estimation. [Obs.] I fetch my life and being From men of royal siege. Shak. 4. Passage of excrements; stool; fecal matter. [Obs.] The siege of this mooncalf. Shak. 5. 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. 6. Hence, a continued attempt to gain possession. Love stood the siege, and would not yield his breast. Dryden. 7. The floor of a glass-furnace. 8. A workman's bench. Knught. Siege gun, a heavy gun for siege operations. -- Siege train, artillery adapted for attacking fortified places. Siege, v. t. Defn: To besiege; to beset. [R.] Through all the dangers that can siege The life of man. Buron.