Definition of sit

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Sit (v. t.) To rest upon the haunches, or the lower extremity of the trunk of the body; -- said of human beings, and sometimes of other animals; as, to sit on a sofa, on a chair, or on the ground..

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Directrix :: Directrix (n.) A line along which a point in another line moves, or which in any way governs the motion of the point and determines the position of the curve generated by it; the line along which the generatrix moves in generating a surface..
Impatience :: Impatience (n.) The quality of being impatient; want of endurance of pain, suffering, opposition, or delay; eagerness for change, or for something expected; restlessness; chafing of spirit; fretfulness; passion; as, the impatience of a child or an invalid..
Lithotypy :: Lithotypy (n.) The art or process of making a kind of hard, stereotypeplate, by pressing into a mold, taken from a page of type or other matter, a composition of gum shell-lac and sand of a fine quality, together with a little tar and linseed oil, all in a heated state..
Deposit :: Deposit (v. t.) A bailment of money or goods to be kept gratuitously for the bailor.
Intramarginal :: Intramarginal (a.) Situated within the margin.
Lacrosse :: Lacrosse (n.) A game of ball, originating among the North American Indians, now the popular field sport of Canada, and played also in England and the United States. Each player carries a long-handled racket, called a crosse. The ball is not handled but caught with the crosse and carried on it, or tossed from it, the object being to carry it or throw it through one of the goals placed at opposite ends of the field..
Bivium :: Bivium (n.) One side of an echinoderm, including a pair of ambulacra, in distinction from the opposite side (trivium), which includes three ambulacra..
Parasita :: Parasita (n. pl.) A division of copepod Crustacea, having a sucking mouth, as the lerneans. They are mostly parasites on fishes. Called also Siphonostomata..
Transitive :: Transitive (a.) Having the power of making a transit, or passage..
Altissimo :: Altissimo (n.) The part or notes situated above F in alt.
Heterotopy :: Heterotopy (n.) A deviation from the natural position of parts, supposed to be effected in thousands of years, by the gradual displacement of germ cells..
Supracostal :: Supracondyloid (a.) Situated above a condyle or condyles.
Lance :: Lance (n.) One of the small paper cases filled with combustible composition, which mark the outlines of a figure..
Natured :: Natured (a.) Having (such) a nature, temper, or disposition; disposed; -- used in composition; as, good-natured, ill-natured, etc..
Weathered :: Weathered (a.) Having the surface altered in color, texture, or composition, or the edges rounded off by exposure to the elements..
Smile :: Smile (v. t.) To express by a smile; as, to smile consent; to smile a welcome to visitors..
Antipodes :: Antipodes (n.) Those who live on the side of the globe diametrically opposite.
Grope :: Grope (v. i.) To search or attempt to find something in the dark, or, as a blind person, by feeling; to move about hesitatingly, as in darkness or obscurity; to feel one's way, as with the hands, when one can not see..
Recurve :: Recurve (v. t.) To curve in an opposite or unusual direction; to bend back or down.
Sinapine :: Sinapine (n.) An alkaloid occuring in the seeds of mustard. It is extracted, in combination with sulphocyanic acid, as a white crystalline substance, having a hot, bitter taste. When sinapine is isolated it is unstable and undergoes decomposition..
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