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De - Pt| English Dictionary: 'chair' | by the DICT Development Group |
| 2 results for 'chair' | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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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 {Sit}, and cf. {Cathedral}, {chaise}.] 1. A movable single seat with a back. 2. An official seat, as of a chief magistrate or a judge, but esp. that of a professor; hence, the office itself. The chair of a philosophical school. --Whewell. A chair of philology. --M. Arnold. 3. The presiding officer of an assembly; a chairman; as, to address the chair. 4. A vehicle for one person; either a sedan borne upon poles, or two-wheeled carriage, drawn by one horse; a gig. --Shak. Think what an equipage thou hast in air, And view with scorn two pages and a chair. --Pope. 5. An iron block used on railways to support the rails and secure them to the sleepers. {Chair days}, days of repose and age. {To put into the chair}, to elect as president, or as chairman of a meeting. --Macaulay. {To take the chair}, to assume the position of president, or of chairman of a meeting. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Chair \Chair\, v. t. [imp. & p. pr. {Chaired}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Chairing}.] 1. To place in a chair. 2. To carry publicly in a chair in triumph. [Eng.] | |
