Definition of sitting

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Sitting (n.) A brooding over eggs for hatching, as by fowls..

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Downsitting :: Downsitting (n.) The act of sitting down; repose; a resting.
Straddle :: Straddle (n.) The act of standing, sitting, or walking, with the feet far apart..
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..
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..
Sit :: Sit (v. t.) To cause to be seated or in a sitting posture; to furnish a seat to; -- used reflexively.
Double-bank :: Double-bank (v. t.) To row by rowers sitting side by side in twos on a bank or thwart.
Incubation :: Incubation (n.) A sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young; a brooding on, or keeping warm, (eggs) to develop the life within, by any process..
Sejeant :: Sejeant (a.) Sitting, as a lion or other beast..
Preseance :: Preseance (n.) Priority of place in sitting.
Assession :: Assession (n.) A sitting beside or near.
Unsitting :: Unsitting (a.) Not sitting well; unbecoming.
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..
Brood :: Brood (a.) Sitting or inclined to sit on eggs.
Upsitting :: Upsitting (n.) A sitting up of a woman after her confinement, to receive and entertain her friends..
Sedent :: Sedent (a.) Sitting; inactive; quiet.
Sitting :: Sitting (n.) A brooding over eggs for hatching, as by fowls..
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..
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..
Session :: Session (n.) The actual sitting of a court, council, legislature, etc., or the actual assembly of the members of such a body, for the transaction of business..
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