Definition of chair

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Chair (n.) The presiding officer of an assembly; a chairman; as, to address the chair..

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Rocking-chair :: Rocking-chair (n.) A chair mounted on rockers, in which one may rock..
Upholster :: Upholster (v. t.) To furnish (rooms, carriages, bedsteads, chairs, etc.) with hangings, coverings, cushions, etc.; to adorn with furnishings in cloth, velvet, silk, etc.; as, to upholster a couch; to upholster a room with curtains..
Arm :: Arm (n.) A support for the elbow, at the side of a chair, the end of a sofa, etc..
Chair :: Chair (n.) An official seat, as of a chief magistrate or a judge, but esp. that of a professor; hence, the office itself..
Reseat :: Reseat (v. t.) To seat or set again, as on a chair, throne, etc..
Rail :: Rail (n.) A bar of steel or iron, forming part of the track on which the wheels roll. It is usually shaped with reference to vertical strength, and is held in place by chairs, splices, etc..
Rocker :: Rocker (n.) A chair mounted on rockers; a rocking-chair.
Machairodus :: Machairodus (n.) A genus of extinct mammals allied to the cats, and having in the upper jaw canine teeth of remarkable size and strength; -- hence called saber-toothed tigers..
Fauteuil :: Fauteuil (n.) An armchair; hence (because the members sit in fauteuils or armchairs), membership in the French Academy..
Seat :: Seat (n.) That part of a thing on which a person sits; as, the seat of a chair or saddle; the seat of a pair of pantaloons..
Chair :: Chair (n.) An iron block used on railways to support the rails and secure them to the sleepers.
Croupier :: Croupier (n.) One who, at a public dinner party, sits at the lower end of the table as assistant chairman..
Rise :: Rise (v.) To become erect; to assume an upright position; as, to rise from a chair or from a fall..
Easy-chair :: Easy-chair (n.) An armchair for ease or repose.
Round :: Round (n.) The step of a ladder; a rundle or rung; also, a crosspiece which joins and braces the legs of a chair..
Elbow :: Elbow (n.) Any turn or bend like that of the elbow, in a wall, building, and the like; a sudden turn in a line of coast or course of a river; also, an angular or jointed part of any structure, as the raised arm of a chair or sofa, or a short pipe fitting, turning at an angle or bent..
Cucking Stool :: Cucking stool () A kind of chair formerly used for punishing scolds, and also dishonest tradesmen, by fastening them in it, usually in front of their doors, to be pelted and hooted at by the mob, but sometimes to be taken to the water and ducked; -- called also a castigatory, a tumbrel, and a trebuchet; and often, but not so correctly, a ducking stool..
Cathedral :: Cathedral (a.) Emanating from the chair of office, as of a pope or bishop; official; authoritative..
Screw :: Screw (v. i.) To turn one's self uneasily with a twisting motion; as, he screws about in his chair..
Chairmen :: Chairmen (pl. ) of Chairma.
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