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ivity; stop; detention; hindrance. Without any delay, on the morrow I sat on the judgment seat. Acts xxv. 17. The government ought to be settled without the delay of a day. Macaulay.

A seat behind a carriage, for a servant.

To drive from a bench or seat. [R.] Shak.

To discover; to descry. [Obs.] And from his seat took pleasure to display The city so adorned with towers. Chapman.

A cushioned seat, or a large, low sofa or couch; especially, one fixed to its place, and not movable.

A public conveyance, as a street car, with seats on the roof. [Colloq.]

A heavy coach with seats on top; also, a heavy carriage. [Collog.] Thackeray.

private room. Sir W. Scott. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats James ii. 6. The arrow is now drawn to the head. Atterbury.

old friend dropped in a moment. Steele. Takes care to drop in when he thinks you are just seated. Spectator.

A dwelling place assigned to happy souls after death; the seat of future happiness; Paradise.

; a height. Without either eminences or cavities. Dryden. The temple of honor ought to be seated on an eminence. Burke.

ience. The province of emphasis is so much more important than accent, that the customary seat of the latter is changed, when the claims of emphasis require it. E. Porter.

To seat in a chair. Tennyson.

Seated or generated within the heart; as, endocardial murmurs.

To seat on a throne; to exalt to the seat of royalty or of high authority; hence, to invest with sovereign authority or dignity. Beneath a sculptured arch he sits enthroned. Pope. It [mercy] is enthroned in the hearts of kings. Shak.

A room in a public building, furnished with seats.

The range or reach of the eye; eyeshot. "A seat in eyereach of him." B. Jonson.

To miss of attaining; to lose. [R.] Though that seat of earthly bliss be failed. Milton.

The throne or seat of a bishop within the chancel. [Obs.]

A folding stool, or portable seat, made to fold up in the manner of a camo stool. It was formerly placed in the choir for a bishop, when he offciated in any but his own cathedral church. Fairholt.