Definition of Readeng
Reading (61), capital of Berkshire, on the Kennet, 36 m. N. of
London; a town of considerable historic interest; was ravaged by the
Danes; has imposing ruins of a 12th-century Benedictine abbey, &c.; was
besieged and taken by Essex in the Civil War (1643); birthplace of
Archbishop Laud; has an important agricultural produce-market, and its
manufactures include iron-ware, paper, sauce, and biscuits.
- Wikipedia
Reading (79), capital of Berks Co., Pennsylvania, on the Schuylkill
River, 58 m. NW. of Philadelphia; has flourishing iron and steel works;
population includes a large German settlement.
- Wikipedia
Read"ing (rēd"&ibreve;ng), n.
1. The act of one who reads; perusal; also,
printed or written matter to be read.
2. Study of books; literary scholarship; as, a
man of extensive reading.
3. A lecture or prelection; public
recital.
The Jews had their weekly readings of the
law. Hooker.
4. The way in which anything reads; force of a
word or passage presented by a documentary authority; lection;
version.
5. Manner of reciting, or acting a part, on
the stage; way of rendering. [Cant]
6. An observation read from the scale of a
graduated instrument; as, the reading of a barometer.
Reading of a bill (Legislation), its
formal recital, by the proper officer, before the House which is to
consider it.
Read"ing, a. 1. Of
or pertaining to the act of reading; used in reading.
2. Addicted to reading; as, a reading
community.
Reading book, a book for teaching reading; a
reader. -- Reading desk, a desk to support
a book while reading; esp., a desk used while reading the service in a
church. -- Reading glass, a large lens with
more or less magnifying power, attached to a handle, and used in
reading, etc. -- Reading man, one who reads
much; hence, in the English universities, a close, industrious
student. -- Reading room, a room
appropriated to reading; a room provided with papers, periodicals, and
the like, to which persons resort.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
READING, n. The general body of what one reads. In our country it
consists, as a rule, of Indiana novels, short stories in "dialect" and
humor in slang.
We know by one's reading
His learning and breeding;
By what draws his laughter
We know his Hereafter.
Read nothing, laugh never --
The Sphinx was less clever!
Jupiter Muke
- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
- the process of interpreting written language.
- the process of interpreting a symbol, a sign or a measuring device.
- a value indicated by a measuring device.
a speedometer reading.
- written material that is read aloud.
a poetry reading.
- an interpretation.
a reading of the current situation.
- made or used for reading
reading glasses.
Reading- A town in Berkshire, England.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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