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Webster 1913 Edition


Obsidional

Ob-sid′i-o-nal

,
Adj.
[L.
obsidionalis
, from
obsidio
a siege,
obsidere
to besiege: cf. F.
obsidional
. See
Obsess
.]
Of or pertaining to a siege.
Obsidional crown
(Rom. Antiq.)
,
a crown bestowed upon a general who raised the siege of a beleaguered place, or upon one who held out against a siege.

Webster 1828 Edition


Obsidional

OBSID'IONAL

,
Adj.
[L. obsidionalis; ob and sedeo, to sit.] Pertaining to a siege.