SEAT
NOUNS
► AIN’T SHE SWEET a seat → 2004 UK rhyming sl. (Bk.)
► BANK a long seat for several to sit on, a bench or form; a platform or stage to speak from → 1205 obs. exc. Sc.
► BUNKER a seat or bench → a1758 Sc.
► DEACON SEAT the seats nearest a fire → 1975 US sl.
► GUNFIGHTER SEAT in a public place: a seat with the back against the wall, overlooking the room → 1997 US sl.
► LADY-CHAIR a seat formed by the hands of two persons standing facing each other: each person grasping his own left wrist with his right hand, and the wrist of the opposite person with his left hand, or vice versa → 1707
► OXYGEN SECTION seats in a stadium or coliseum that are high up and far from the action → 1993 US sl.
► QUEEN CHAIR ► QUEEN’S CHAIR a method of carrying a girl by seating her on the crossed and joined arms of two bearers → 1923 Sc.
► QUEEN’S CUSHION a seat (for a girl) made by the crossed hands of two persons; a seat made by two persons crossing hands; when a boy is so carried, the term is
‘King’s cushion’ → 1808
► QUEEN’S SEAT a method of carrying a girl by seating her on the crossed and joined arms of two bearers → 1923 Sc.
► RESTING-CHAIR a long wooden seat with back and arms; a settle → 1892 Sc.
► SEDILE a seat → LME obs.
► SIEGE a seat, esp. one used by a person of rank or distinction → a1225 obs.
► SITTING-PLACE a place to sit in, a seat → 1382 rare
► SUNKIE a little seat → 1815 Sc.
NOUNS – PERSON
► GRAVE-JUMPER someone who takes another’s job, seat, etc., with indecent haste → Bk1999 Aust. sl.
VERBS
► SIEGE to seat oneself; to place → 1425 obs.
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