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Webster 1913 Edition
Sitting
Sit′ting
,Adj.
Being in the state, or the position, of one who, or that which, sits.
Sit′ting
,Noun.
1.
The state or act of one who sits; the posture of one who occupies a seat.
2.
A seat, or the space occupied by or allotted for a person, in a church, theater, etc.;
as, the hall has 800
. sittings
3.
The act or time of sitting, as to a portrait painter, photographer, etc.
4.
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 commissionThe
sitting
closed in great agitation. Macaulay.
5.
The time during which one sits while doing something, as reading a book, playing a game, etc.
For the understanding of any one of St. Paul's Epistles I read it all through at one
sitting
. Locke.
6.
A brooding over eggs for hatching, as by fowls.
The male bird . . . amuses her [the female] with his songs during the whole time of her
sitting
. Addison.
Sitting room
, an apartment where the members of a family usually sit, as distinguished from a drawing-room, parlor, chamber, or kitchen.
Webster 1828 Edition
Sitting
SIT'TING
,ppr.
1.
Resting on the buttocks, or on the feet, as fowls; incubating; brooding; being in the actual exercise of authority, or being assembled for that purpose.2.
a. In botany, sessile.