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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.

seat
1. In carpentry, same as seat cut.
2. In plumbing, same as valve seat.


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Tory takes seat TORY Michael Young has become the latest member of Berwick Borough Council after winning the Belford by-election on Thursday.
Supervisors: Long fights off challenger; Bennett takes seat VENTURA - Supervisor Kathy Long pulled out a late-night win over challenger Mike Morgan in a tough District 3 race that focused on the county's recent fiscal and management debates, according to returns released early today.
 
 
 
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