(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sit
(a.) Being in the state, or the position, of one who, or that
which, sits.
(n.) The state or act of one who sits; the posture of one who
occupies a seat.
(n.) A seat, or the space occupied by or allotted for a person,
in a church, theater, etc.; as, the hall has 800 sittings.
(n.) The act or time of sitting, as to a portrait painter,
photographer, etc.
(n.) 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.
(n.) The time during which one sits while doing something, as
reading a book, playing a game, etc.
(n.) A brooding over eggs for hatching, as by fowls.
