'Intrenching' definitions:

Definition of 'Intrenching'

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  • Intrench \In*trench"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intrenched; p. pr. & vb. n. Intrenching.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. To cut in; to furrow; to make trenches in or upon. [1913 Webster]
  • It was this very sword intrenched it. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • His face Deep scars of thunder had intrenched. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To surround with a trench or with intrenchments, as in fortification; to fortify with a ditch and parapet; as, the army intrenched their camp, or intrenched itself. "In the suburbs close intrenched." --Shak. [1913 Webster]

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