Antique Definition–adjective | 1. | of or belonging to the past; not modern. |
| 2. | dating from a period long ago: antique furniture. |
| 3. | noting or pertaining to automobiles approximately 25 years old or more. |
| 4. | in the tradition, fashion, or style of an earlier period; old-fashioned; antiquated. |
| 5. | of or belonging to the ancient Greeks and Romans. |
| 6. | (of paper) neither calendered nor coated and having a rough surface. |
–noun | 8. | any work of art, piece of furniture, decorative object, or the like, created or produced in a former period, or, according to U.S. customs laws, 100 years before date of purchase. |
| 9. | the antique style, usually Greek or Roman, esp. in art. |
| 10. | Printing. a style of type. |
–verb (used with object) | 11. | to make or finish (something, esp. furniture) in imitation of antiques. |
| 12. | to emboss (an image, design, letters, or the like) on paper or fabric. |
–verb (used without object) | 13. | to shop for or collect antiques: She spent her vacation antiquing in Boston. |
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Chair Definition–noun | 1. | a seat, esp. for one person, usually having four legs for support and a rest for the back and often having rests for the arms. |
| 2. | something that serves as a chair or supports like a chair: The two men clasped hands to make a chair for their injured companion. |
| 3. | a seat of office or authority. |
| 4. | a position of authority, as of a judge, professor, etc. |
| 5. | the person occupying a seat of office, esp. the chairperson of a meeting: The speaker addressed the chair. |
| 6. | (in an orchestra) the position of a player, assigned by rank; desk: first clarinet chair. |
| 10. | (in reinforced-concrete construction) a device for maintaining the position of reinforcing rods or strands during the pouring operation. |
| 11. | a glassmaker's bench having extended arms on which a blowpipe is rolled in shaping glass. |
| 12. | British Railroads. a metal block for supporting a rail and securing it to a crosstie or the like. |
–verb (used with object) | 13. | to place or seat in a chair. |
| 15. | to preside over; act as chairperson of: to chair a committee. |
| 16. | British. to carry (a hero or victor) aloft in triumph. |
–verb (used without object) | 17. | to preside over a meeting, committee, etc. |
—Idioms| 18. | get the chair, to be senten
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ced to die in the electric chair. |
| 19. | take the chair, | a. | to begin or open a meeting. |
| b. | to preside at a meeting; act as chairperson. |
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