Definition of sitting

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

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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..
Double-bank :: Double-bank (v. t.) To row by rowers sitting side by side in twos on a bank or thwart.
Bank :: Bank (n.) The regular term of a court of law, or the full court sitting to hear arguments upon questions of law, as distinguished from a sitting at Nisi Prius, or a court held for jury trials. See Banc..
Unsitting :: Unsitting (a.) Not sitting well; unbecoming.
Adjournment :: Adjournment (n.) The time or interval during which a public body adjourns its sittings or postpones business.
Wake :: Wake (n.) The sitting up of persons with a dead body, often attended with a degree of festivity, chiefly among the Irish..
Calefactory :: Calefactory (n.) An apartment in a monastery, warmed and used as a sitting room..
Assize :: Assize (n.) A court, the sitting or session of a court, for the trial of processes, whether civil or criminal, by a judge and jury..
Sitting :: Sitting (a.) Being in the state, or the position, of one who, or that which, sits..
Preseance :: Preseance (n.) Priority of place in sitting.
Sitz Bath :: Sitz bath () A tub in which one bathes in a sitting posture; also, a bath so taken; a hip bath..
Outsit :: Outsit (v. t.) To remain sitting, or in session, longer than, or beyond the time of; to outstay..
Veranda :: Veranda (n.) An open, roofed gallery or portico, adjoining a dwelling house, forming an out-of-door sitting room. See Loggia..
Sedent :: Sedent (a.) Sitting; inactive; quiet.
Sitting :: Sitting (n.) A brooding over eggs for hatching, as by fowls..
Bidet :: Bidet (n.) A kind of bath tub for sitting baths; a sitz bath.
Sitting :: Sitting (n.) The time during which one sits while doing something, as reading a book, playing a game, etc..
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..
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..
Rise :: Rise (v.) To terminate an official sitting; to adjourn; as, the committee rose after agreeing to the report..
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