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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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..
Cacolet :: Cacolet (n.) A chair, litter, or other contrivance fitted to the back or pack saddle of a mule for carrying travelers in mountainous districts, or for the transportation of the sick and wounded of an army..
Bottom :: Bottom (v. t.) To furnish with a bottom; as, to bottom a chair..
Bedchair :: Bedchair (n.) A chair with adjustable back, for the sick, to support them while sitting up in bed..
Croupier :: Croupier (n.) One who, at a public dinner party, sits at the lower end of the table as assistant chairman..
Fauteuil :: Fauteuil (n.) An armchair; hence (because the members sit in fauteuils or armchairs), membership in the French Academy..
Set :: Set (n.) A number of things of the same kind, ordinarily used or classed together; a collection of articles which naturally complement each other, and usually go together; an assortment; a suit; as, a set of chairs, of china, of surgical or mathematical instruments, of books, etc..
Presidential :: Presidential (a.) Of or pertaining to a president; as, the presidential chair; a presidential election..
Rocker :: Rocker (n.) A chair mounted on rockers; a rocking-chair.
Chairmen :: Chairmen (pl. ) of Chairma.
Support :: Support (v. t.) A attend as an honorary assistant; as, a chairman supported by a vice chairman; O'Connell left the prison, supported by his two sons..
Chair :: Chair (n.) The presiding officer of an assembly; a chairman; as, to address the chair..
Reseat :: Reseat (v. t.) To seat or set again, as on a chair, throne, etc..
Overset :: Overset (v. t.) To turn or tip (anything) over from an upright, or a proper, position so that it lies upon its side or bottom upwards; to upset; as, to overset a chair, a coach, a ship, or a building..
Curule :: Curule (a.) Of or pertaining to a kind of chair appropriated to Roman magistrates and dignitaries; pertaining to, having, or conferring, the right to sit in the curule chair; hence, official..
Seat :: Seat (v. t.) To put a seat or bottom in; as, to seat a chair..
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..
Round :: Round (n.) The step of a ladder; a rundle or rung; also, a crosspiece which joins and braces the legs of a chair..
Sit :: 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..
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..
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