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seatSee per seat. seat 1. Politics a membership or the right to membership in a legislative or similar body 2. Chiefly Brit a parliamentary constituency 3. the manner in which a rider sits on a horse 4. on seat W African informal (of officials) in the office rather than on tour or on leave seat [sēt] (mechanical engineering) The fixed, pressure-containing portion of a valve which comes into contact with the moving portions of that valve. (ordnance) Support or holder for a mechanism, or for a part of one. To fit correctly in or on a holder, or prepared position, such as to seat a fuse in a bomb, a projectile in the bore of a gun, or a cartridge in a chamber. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| He came strolling down the gravel-walk, humming a sad song, till he reached a stone seat right under the tree where the parrot and the monkey were hiding. At once a little girl rose from her seat and walked to the door of the car, carrying a wicker suit-case in one hand and a round bird-cage covered up with newspapers in the other, while a parasol was tucked under her arm. Swiftwater Bill stood up, clinging with one hand to the back of the front seat and waving the other to attract her attention. |
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