sitting

n. உட்கார்ந்திருத்தல், குந்துகை, அமர்வு, அமர்வு நேரம், மன்ற அமர்விருக்கை, மன்ற அமர்விருக்கைக் காலம், அடைகாப்பு, முட்டை ஓரீடு, ஒருதடவை அடைகாக்கப்பட்ட முட்டைத்தொகுதி, திருக்கோயிலில் ஒதுக்கிவைக்கப்பட்ட அமர்விடம், (பெ.) உட்கார்ந்திருக்கிற, அமர்ந்திருக்கிற, அடைகாக்கிற, அமர்விருக்கை கொண்டிருக்கிற, கூடியுள்ள.

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Sit"ting, a. Defn: 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.

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