Sit"tine (?), a. [NL. sitta the nuthatch, from Gr. &?;&?;&?;.] (Zoöl.)
Of or pertaining to the family Sittidæ, or nuthatches.
Sit"ting (?), a. Being in the state, or the position, of one who, or
that which, sits.
Sit"ting, n. 1. The state or act of one who sits; the posture of one
who occupies a seat.
2. A seat, or the space occupied by or allotted for a person, in a
church, theater, etc.; as, the hall has 800 sittings.
3. The act or time of sitting, as to a portrait painter, photographer,
etc.
4. The actual presence or meeting of any body of men in their seats,
clothed with authority to transact business; a session; as, a sitting
of the judges of the King's Bench, or of a commission.
The sitting closed in great agitation.
Macaulay.
5. The time during which one sits while doing something, as reading a
book, playing a game, etc.
For the understanding of any one of St. Paul's Epistles I read it
all through at one sitting.
Locke.