Intrenching

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Intrench \In*trench"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Intrenched}; p. pr.
     & vb. n. {Intrenching}.]
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     1. To cut in; to furrow; to make trenches in or upon.
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              It was this very sword intrenched it. --Shak.
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              His face
              Deep scars of thunder had intrenched. --Milton.
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     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.
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