CHAIRS
Noun
chairs
plural of chair
Verb
chairs
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chair
Anagrams
• Charis, Sirach, rachis
Source: Wiktionary
CHAIR
Chair, n. Etym: [OE. chaiere, chaere, OF. chaiere, chaere, F. chaire
pulpit, fr. L. cathedra chair, armchair, a teacher's or professor's
chair, Gr. sit. See Sit, and cf. Cathedral, chaise.]
1. A movable single seat with a back.
2. An official seat, as of a chief magistrate or a judge, but esp.
that of a professor; hence, the office itself.
The chair of a philosophical school. Whewell.
A chair of philology. M. Arnold.
3. The presiding officer of an assembly; a chairman; as, to address
the chair.
4. A vehicle for one person; either a sedan borne upon poles, or two-
wheeled carriage, drawn by one horse; a gig. Shak.
Think what an equipage thou hast in air, And view with scorn two
pages and a chair. Pope.
5. An iron blok used on railways to support the rails and secure them
to the sleepers. Chair days, days of repose and age.
– To put into the chair, to elect as president, or as chairman of a
meeting. Macaulay.
– To take the chair, to assume the position of president, or of
chairman of a meeting.
Chair, v. t. [imp. & p. pr. Chaired; p. pr. & vb. n. Chairing.]
1. To place in a chair.
2. To carry publicly in a chair in triumph. [Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition