n. - A seat; especially, a royal seat; a throne.
n. - Hence, place or situation; seat.
n. - Rank; grade; station; estimation.
n. - Passage of excrements; stool; fecal matter.
n. - 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.
n. - Hence, a continued attempt to gain possession.
n. - The floor of a glass-furnace.
n. - A workman's bench.
v. t. - To besiege; to beset.