entrench
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Entrench yourself behind your blocks of marble, so that we may grant you peace on favorable terms.
From In Paradise A Novel. Vol. I. by Heyse, Paul
Entrench, en-trensh′, Intrench, in-, v.t. to dig a trench around: to fortify with a ditch and parapet.—v.i. to encroach.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
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