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- Ditch - n. - A trench made in the earth by digging, particularly a trench for draining wet land, for guarding or fencing inclosures, or for preventing an approach to a town or fortress. In the latter sense, it is called also a moat or a fosse.
- Ditch - n. - Any long, narrow receptacle for water on the surface of the earth.
- Ditch - v. t. - To dig a ditch or ditches in; to drain by a ditch or ditches; as, to ditch moist land.
- Ditch - v. t. - To surround with a ditch.
- Ditch - v. t. - To throw into a ditch; as, the engine was ditched and turned on its side.
- Ditch - v. i. - To dig a ditch or ditches.
- Ditched - imp. & p. p. - of Ditch
- Ditcher - n. - One who digs ditches.
- Ditches - pl. - of Ditch
- Ditching - p. pr. & vb. n. - of Ditch
- Sap - n. - A narrow ditch or trench made from the foremost parallel toward the glacis or covert way of a besieged place by digging under cover of gabions, etc.
- Escarp - n. - The side of the ditch next the parapet; -- same as scarp, and opposed to counterscarp.
- Cunette - n. - A drain trench, in a ditch or moat; -- called also cuvette.
- Fortify - v. t. - To strengthen and secure by forts or batteries, or by surrounding with a wall or ditch or other military works; to render defensible against an attack by hostile forces.
- Ditch - v. t. - To dig a ditch or ditches in; to drain by a ditch or ditches; as, to ditch moist land.
- Intrench - v. t. - 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.
- Barbacan - n. - A tower or advanced work defending the entrance to a castle or city, as at a gate or bridge. It was often large and strong, having a ditch and drawbridge of its own.
- Graffage - n. - The scarp of a ditch or moat.
- Escalade - v. t. - A furious attack made by troops on a fortified place, in which ladders are used to pass a ditch or mount a rampart.
- Fosse - n. - A ditch or moat.
- Grip - n. - A small ditch or furrow.
- Scarp - v. t. - To cut down perpendicularly, or nearly so; as, to scarp the face of a ditch or a rock.
- Catchdrain - n. - A ditch or drain along the side of a hill to catch the surface water; also, a ditch at the side of a canal to catch the surplus water.
- Ditch - v. i. - To dig a ditch or ditches.
- Envelop - n. - A work of earth, in the form of a single parapet or of a small rampart. It is sometimes raised in the ditch and sometimes beyond it.
- Sow - n. - A kind of covered shed, formerly used by besiegers in filling up and passing the ditch of a besieged place, sapping and mining the wall, or the like.
- Fosseway - n. - One of the great military roads constructed by the Romans in England and other parts of Europe; -- so called from the fosse or ditch on each side for keeping it dry.
- Dig - v. t. - To hollow out, as a well; to form, as a ditch, by removing earth; to excavate; as, to dig a ditch or a well.
- Lade - n. - A passage for water; a ditch or drain.
- Demilune - n. - A work constructed beyond the main ditch of a fortress, and in front of the curtain between two bastions, intended to defend the curtain; a ravelin. See Ravelin.
- Batardeau - n. - A wall built across the ditch of a fortification, with a sluice gate to regulate the height of water in the ditch on both sides of the wall.
- Intrenchment - n. - Any defensive work consisting of at least a trench or ditch and a parapet made from the earth thrown up in making such a ditch.
- Scarp - n. - The slope of the ditch nearest the parapet; the escarp.
- Catchwater - n. - A ditch or drain for catching water. See Catchdrain.
- Vanfess - n. - A ditch on the outside of the counterscarp, usually full of water.
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- G999 βόθυνος - 999 βόθυνος - ΒΌΘΥΝΟΣ - - bóthynos - both'-oo-nos - akin to βαθύνω; a hole (in the ground); specially, a cistern:--ditch, pit. - Noun Masculine - greek
- H1356 גֵּב - 1356 גֵּב - גֵּב - - gêb - gabe - from גּוּב; a log (as cut out); also well or cistern (as dug); beam, ditch, pit. - Noun Masculine - heb
- H4724 מִקְוָה - 4724 מִקְוָה - מִקְוָה - - miqvâh - mik-vaw' - feminine of מִקְוֶה; a collection, i.e. (of water) a reservoir; ditch. - Noun Feminine - heb
- H7845 שַׁחַת - 7845 שַׁחַת - שַׁחַת - - shachath - shakh'-ath - from שׁוּחַ; a pit (especially as a trap); figuratively, destruction; corruption, destruction, ditch, grave, pit. - Noun Feminine - heb
- H7745 שׁוּחָה - 7745 שׁוּחָה - שׁוּחָה - - shûwchâh - shoo-khaw' - from שׁוּחַ; a chasm; ditch, pit. - Noun Feminine - heb
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- Luke 42 6:39 - And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind ? shall they not both fall into the ditch ?
ΕΙΠΕΝ ΔΕ ΚΑΙ ΠΑΡΑΒΟΛΗΝ ΑΥΤΟΙς ΜΗΤΙ ΔΥΝΑΤΑΙ ΤΥΦΛΟς ΤΥΦΛΟΝ ΟΔΗΓΕΙΝ ΟΥΧΙ ΑΜΦΟΤΕΡΟΙ ΕΙς ΒΟΨΥΝΟΝ ΕΜΠΕΣΟΥΝΤΑΙ - Isaiah 23 22:11 - Ye made also a ditch between the two walls for the water of the old pool : but ye have not looked unto the maker thereof, neither had respect unto him that fashioned it long ago.
ומקוה עשׂיתם בין החמתים למי הברכה הישׁנה ולא הבטתם אל־עשׂיה ויצרה מרחוק לא ראיתם - Psalms 19 7:15 - He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made .
בור כרה ויחפרהו ויפל בשׁחת יפעל - Proverbs 20 23:27 - For a whore is a deep ditch ; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
כי־שׁוחה עמקה זונה ובאר צרה נכריה
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- 2 Kings 12 3:16 And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Make this valley full of ditches.
אָמַר אָמַר יְהֹוָה עָשָׂה נַחַל גֵּב - Luke 42 6:39 And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?
ΔΈ ἜΠΩ ΠΑΡΑΒΟΛΉ ΑὐΤΌΣ ΜΉΤΙ ΔΎΝΑΜΑΙ ΤΥΦΛΌΣ ὉΔΗΓΈΩ ΤΥΦΛΌΣ ἈΜΦΌΤΕΡΟΣ ΟὐΧΊ ἈΜΦΌΤΕΡΟΣ ΠΊΠΤΩ ΕἸΣ ΒΌΘΥΝΟΣ - Proverbs 20 23:27 For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
זָנָה עָמֹק שׁוּחָה נׇכְרִי צַר בְּאֵר - Psalms 19 7:15 He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.
כָּרָה בּוֹר חָפַר נָפַל שַׁחַת פָּעַל - Matthew 40 15:14 Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
ἈΦΊΗΜΙ ΑὐΤΌΣ ἈΦΊΗΜΙ ΕἸΣΊ ΤΥΦΛΌΣ ὉΔΗΓΌΣ ΤΥΦΛΌΣ ΔΈ ἘΆΝ ΤΥΦΛΌΣ ὉΔΗΓΈΩ ΤΥΦΛΌΣ ἈΜΦΌΤΕΡΟΣ ΠΊΠΤΩ ΕἸΣ ΒΌΘΥΝΟΣ