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Webster 1828 Edition

Enceint

ENCE'INT

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Noun.
[L. cingo, to gird.] In fortification, inclosure; the wall or rampart which surrounds a place, sometimes composed of bastions and curtains. It is sometimes only flanked by round or square towers, which is called a Roman wall.

ENCE'INT

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Adj.
In law, pregnant;; with child.

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