seat

v. i. To rest; to lie down. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. sete, Icel. saeti; akin to Sw. säte, Dan. saede, MHG. sāze, AS. set, setl, and E. sit. √154. See Sit, and cf. Settle, n. ] 1. The place or thing upon which one sits; hence; anything made to be sat in or upon, as a chair, bench, stool, saddle, or the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

And Jesus . . . overthrew the tables of the money changers, and the seats of them that sold doves. Matt. xxi. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The place occupied by anything, or where any person or thing is situated, resides, or abides; a site; an abode, a station; a post; a situation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is. Rev. ii. 13. [ 1913 Webster ]

He that builds a fair house upon an ill seat committeth himself to prison. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

A seat of plenty, content, and tranquillity. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That part of a thing on which a person sits; as, the seat of a chair or saddle; the seat of a pair of pantaloons. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A sitting; a right to sit; regular or appropriate place of sitting; as, a seat in a church; a seat for the season in the opera house. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Posture, or way of sitting, on horseback. [ 1913 Webster ]

She had so good a seat and hand she might be trusted with any mount. G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Mach.) A part or surface on which another part or surface rests; as, a valve seat. [ 1913 Webster ]

Seat worm (Zool.), the pinworm. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of providing with a seat or seats; as, the seating of an audience. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of making seats; also, the material for making seats; as, cane seating. [ 1913 Webster ]