a seat; especially, a royal seat; a throne.-hence, place or situation; seat.-rank; grade; station; estimation.-passage of excrements; stool; fecal matter.-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.-the floor of a glass-furnace.-a workman's bench.-to besiege; to beset.