Sit'ting1, a.
a. (Bot.) Sessile, that is, without petiole, peduncle, pedicel, or the like.
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Sitting
Sit'ting2, n.
n. 1. The posture of being on a seat.
Sense 2. The act of placing one’s self on a seat; as, a sitting down.
Sense 3. A seat, or the space occupied by a person in a church.
Sense 4. The act or time of resting in a posture for a painter to take the likeness.
Sense 5. The actual presence or meeting of any body of men in their seats, clothed with authority to transact business; as, a sitting of the judges of the King’s Bench; a session.
The sitting closed in great agitation. Macaulay.
Sense 6. A constant or uninterrupted application to business or study for a time; course of study unintermitted.
For the understanding of any one of Paul’s Epistles I read it through at one sitting. Locke.
Sense 7. A time for which one sits, as at play, at work, or on a visit.
Sense 8. A resting on eggs for hatching, as by fowls; incubation.
The male bird amuses the female with his songs during the whole time of her sitting. Addison.