A crescent-shaped structure of stones built to afford cover in battle.
A crescent-shaped structure of stones built to afford cover in battle.
As for the state of Antwerp, the enemy has fortified so strongly that their ships cannot possibly remove him; for he bends half his force to defend the scance of Calloo, upon the Fladers' side of the bridge, and the other half on the bra…
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(Scottish, obsolete) A gleam or glow.
We are making up fast—almost within shot now. The scance, too, is a good hundred yards off.
(medicine, obsolete) A dose of radiation.
It was by that time dark but proceeded to build scances and prepare to hold the position on a front of about half a mile.