Shak.
2. To perch; to rest with the feet drawn up, as birds do on a branch,
pole, etc.
3. To remain in a state of repose; to rest; to abide; to rest in any
position or condition.
And Moses said to . . . the children of Reuben, Shall your brothren
go to war, and shall ye sit here?
Num. xxxii. 6.
Like a demigod here sit I in the sky.
Shak.
4. To lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh; - - with on; as, a weight
or burden sits lightly upon him.
The calamity sits heavy on us.
Jer. Taylor.