Definition of sitting

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

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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..
Insession :: Insession (n.) The act of sitting, as in a tub or bath..
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..
Seat :: Seat (n.) Posture, or way of sitting, on horseback..
Sitting :: Sitting (n.) The act or time of sitting, as to a portrait painter, photographer, etc..
Sedentary :: Sedentary (a.) Characterized by, or requiring, much sitting; as, a sedentary employment; a sedentary life..
Sedentary :: Sedentary (a.) Caused by long sitting.
Brood :: Brood (a.) Sitting or inclined to sit on eggs.
Straddle :: Straddle (n.) The act of standing, sitting, or walking, with the feet far apart..
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..
Bedchair :: Bedchair (n.) A chair with adjustable back, for the sick, to support them while sitting up in bed..
Sederunt :: Sederunt (n.) A sitting, as of a court or other body..
Bank :: Bank (n.) The regular term of a court of law, or the full court sitting to hear arguments upon questions of law, as distinguished from a sitting at Nisi Prius, or a court held for jury trials. See Banc..
Court :: Court (n.) The persons officially assembled under authority of law, at the appropriate time and place, for the administration of justice; an official assembly, legally met together for the transaction of judicial business; a judge or judges sitting for the hearing or trial of causes..
Sitting :: Sitting (n.) The time during which one sits while doing something, as reading a book, playing a game, etc..
Assession :: Assession (n.) A sitting beside or near.
Backboard :: Backboard (n.) A board which supports the back wen one is sitting.
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..
Bidet :: Bidet (n.) A kind of bath tub for sitting baths; a sitz bath.
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..
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