siege

The surrounding and blockading of a city, town, or fortress by an army attempting to capture it.

A prolonged period, as of illness.

A seat, especially a throne.

To subject to a siege; besiege.

To lay siege to; besiege; beleaguer; beset.

A seat; a throne.

A fixed situation or position; station as to rank or class; specifically, of the heron, a station or an attitude of watchfulness for prey.

A camp; an encampment, especially as the seat of a besieging army.

The stationing or sitting down of an attacking force in a strong encampment before or around a fortified place, for the purpose of capturing it by continuous offensive operations, such as the breaching, undermining, or scaling of walls or other works, the destruction of its defenders, the cutting off of supplies, etc.; the act of besieging, or the state of being besieged; besiegement; beleaguerment: as, to push the siege; to undergo a siege; hence, figuratively, a prolonged or persistent endeavor to overcome resistance maintained with the aid of a shelter or cover of any kind.

Stool; excrement; fecal matter.