Definition of sitting

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Sitting (n.) The actual presence or meeting of any body of men in their seats, clothed with authority to transact business; a session; as, a sitting of the judges of the King's Bench, or of a commission..

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Straddle :: Straddle (n.) The act of standing, sitting, or walking, with the feet far apart..
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..
Seat :: Seat (n.) Posture, or way of sitting, on horseback..
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..
Siege :: Siege (n.) The sitting of an army around or before a fortified place for the purpose of compelling the garrison to surrender; the surrounding or investing of a place by an army, and approaching it by passages and advanced works, which cover the besiegers from the enemy's fire. See the Note under Blockade..
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..
Sejeant :: Sejeant (a.) Sitting, as a lion or other beast..
Brood :: Brood (a.) Sitting or inclined to sit on eggs.
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..
Adjournment :: Adjournment (n.) The time or interval during which a public body adjourns its sittings or postpones business.
Sitting :: Sitting (n.) The act or time of sitting, as to a portrait painter, photographer, etc..
Bidet :: Bidet (n.) A kind of bath tub for sitting baths; a sitz bath.
Squat :: Squat (a.) Sitting on the hams or heels; sitting close to the ground; cowering; crouching.
Sederunt :: Sederunt (n.) A sitting, as of a court or other body..
Assession :: Assession (n.) A sitting beside or near.
Sitting :: Sitting (n.) A seat, or the space occupied by or allotted for a person, in a church, theater, etc.; as, the hall has 800 sittings..
Sitting :: Sitting (n.) The actual presence or meeting of any body of men in their seats, clothed with authority to transact business; a session; as, a sitting of the judges of the King's Bench, or of a commission..
Bedchair :: Bedchair (n.) A chair with adjustable back, for the sick, to support them while sitting up in bed..
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..
Sedentary :: Sedentary (a.) Caused by long sitting.
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