Definition of sitting

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Sitting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Si.

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Double-bank :: Double-bank (v. t.) To row by rowers sitting side by side in twos on a bank or thwart.
Parliament :: Parliament (n.) The assembly of the three estates of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, viz., the lords spiritual, lords temporal, and the representatives of the commons, sitting in the House of Lords and the House of Commons, constituting the legislature, when summoned by the royal authority to consult on the affairs of the nation, and to enact and repeal laws..
Sartorius :: Sartorius (n.) A muscle of the thigh, called the tailor's muscle, which arises from the hip bone and is inserted just below the knee. So named because its contraction was supposed to produce the position of the legs assumed by the tailor in sitting..
Setter :: Setter (n.) A hunting dog of a special breed originally derived from a cross between the spaniel and the pointer. Modern setters are usually trained to indicate the position of game birds by standing in a fixed position, but originally they indicated it by sitting or crouching..
Squat :: Squat (a.) Sitting on the hams or heels; sitting close to the ground; cowering; crouching.
Sedent :: Sedent (a.) Sitting; inactive; quiet.
Vis-a-vis :: Vis-a-vis (n.) A carriage in which two persons sit face to face. Also, a form of sofa with seats for two persons, so arranged that the occupants are face to face while sitting on opposite sides..
Artichoke :: Artichoke (n.) The Cynara scolymus, a plant somewhat resembling a thistle, with a dilated, imbricated, and prickly involucre. The head (to which the name is also applied) is composed of numerous oval scales, inclosing the florets, sitting on a broad receptacle, which, with the fleshy base of the scales, is much esteemed as an article of food..
Assession :: Assession (n.) A sitting beside or near.
Outsit :: Outsit (v. t.) To remain sitting, or in session, longer than, or beyond the time of; to outstay..
Seat :: Seat (n.) Posture, or way of sitting, on horseback..
Seat :: Seat (n.) A sitting; a right to sit; regular or appropriate place of sitting; as, a seat in a church; a seat for the season in the opera house..
Preseance :: Preseance (n.) Priority of place in sitting.
Unsitting :: Unsitting (a.) Not sitting well; unbecoming.
Sedentary :: Sedentary (a.) Caused by long sitting.
Equitant :: Equitant (a.) Mounted on, or sitting upon, a horse; riding on horseback..
Sooterkin :: Sooterkin (n.) A kind of false birth, fabled to be produced by Dutch women from sitting over their stoves; also, an abortion, in a figurative sense; an abortive scheme..
Session :: Session (n.) The act of sitting, or the state of being seated..
Bidet :: Bidet (n.) A kind of bath tub for sitting baths; a sitz bath.
Seat :: Seat (v. t.) To assign a seat to, or the seats of; to give a sitting to; as, to seat a church, or persons in a church..
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