Sit"ting (?), a. Being in the
state, or the position, of one who, or that which, sits.
Sit"ting, n. 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 commission.
The 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.
Sit"ting (?), a. Being in the
state, or the position, of one who, or that which, sits.
Sit"ting, n. 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 commission.
The 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.
