Chair definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary CHAIR, n. 1. A movable seat; a frame with a bottom ... 2. A seat of justice or of authority; as a chair of state. 3. A seat for a professor, or his office; as the professors chair. 4. The seat for a speaker or presiding officer of a public council, or assembly, as the speakers chair; and by a metonymy, the speaker himself; as, to address the chair. 5. A sedan; a vehicle on poles borne by ...
... L. sedes, situs.] 1. That on which one sits; a chair, bench, stool or any other thing on which a person ... sold doves. Matthew 21. 2. The place of sitting; throne; chair of state; tribunal; post of authority; as the seat of ... of distinction. He seated his son in the professor's chair. Then high was king Richard seated. Shak. 3. To settle ... support where you can sit (especially the part of a chair or bench etc. on which you sit); "he dusted off ... syn: induct, invest, seat] 4: put a seat on a chair 5: provide with seats; "seat a concert hall" 6: place ... a seat; "the mother seated the toddler on the high chair" Merriam Webster's I. noun Etymology: Middle English sete, ...
To take the chair definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Chair Chair, n. [OE. chaiere, chaere, OF. chaiere, chaere, F. chaire pulpit, fr. L. cathedra chair, armchair, a teacher's or professor's chair, Gr. ? down + ? seat, ? to sit, akin to E. sit. See ... esp. that of a professor; hence, the office itself. The chair of a philosophical school. --Whewell. A chair of philology. -- ...
To put into the chair definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Chair Chair, n. [OE. chaiere, chaere, OF. chaiere, chaere, F. chaire pulpit, fr. L. cathedra chair, armchair, a teacher's or professor's chair, Gr. ? down + ? seat, ? to sit, akin to E. sit. See ... esp. that of a professor; hence, the office itself. The chair of a philosophical school. --Whewell. A chair of philology. -- ...
Chair days definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Chair Chair, n. [OE. chaiere, chaere, OF. chaiere, chaere, F. chaire pulpit, fr. L. cathedra chair, armchair, a teacher's or professor's chair, Gr. ? down + ? seat, ? to sit, akin to E. sit. See ... esp. that of a professor; hence, the office itself. The chair of a philosophical school. --Whewell. A chair of philology. -- ...
electric chair definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: an instrument ... one person; "the murderer was sentenced to die in the chair" [syn: electric chair, chair, death chair, hot seat] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1889 1. a chair used in legal electrocution 2. the penalty of death ...
Windsor chair definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: straight chair having a shaped seat and a back of many spindles ... Webster's noun Etymology: Windsor, England Date: 1740 a wooden chair with spindle back, raking legs, and usually a saddle seat ... called also Windsor Oxford Reference Dictionary n. a wooden dining chair with a semicircular back supported by upright rods. Webster's ... in Berkshire, England. Windsor bean. (Bot.) See under Bean. Windsor chair, a kind of strong, plain, polished, wooden chair. --Simmonds. Windsor soap, a scented soap well known for ...
rocking chair definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a chair mounted on rockers [syn: rocking chair, rocker] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1766 a chair mounted on rockers Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (rocking chairs) A rocking chair is a chair that is built on two curved pieces of wood ...
sedan chair definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a closed litter for one passenger [syn: sedan, sedan chair] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Sedan Se*dan", n. [Said to ... England in the time of King Charles I.] A portable chair or covered vehicle for carrying a single person, -- usually borne on poles by two men. Called also sedan chair. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (sedan chairs) A sedan chair is an enclosed chair for one person carried on two poles by two ...
deck chair definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a folding chair for use outdoors; a wooden frame supports a length of canvas [syn: deck chair, beach chair] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1884 a folding chair often having an adjustable leg rest Collin's Cobuild Dictionary ...
camp chair definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a light folding chair Webster's 1913 Dictionary Camp Camp, n. [F. camp, It ... to meet the plane surface of the upper ceiling. Camp chair, a light chair that can be folded up compactly for easy transportation; the ... temporary houses, or cottages. Camp stool, the same as camp chair, except that the stool has no back. Flying camp (Mil ...
folding chair definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a chair that can be folded flat for storage Webster's 1913 ... in campaigning, and by tourists, etc. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. Folding chair, a chair which may be shut up compactly for carriage or stowage; a camp chair. Folding door, one of two or more doors filling a ...
swivel chair definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a chair that swivels on its base Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1860 a chair that swivels on its base Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (swivel chairs) A swivel chair is a chair whose seat can be turned around a central point to ...