chair

  • 41chair — nf. ; viande sans os ; partie charnue du corps ; pulpe (des fruits, des légumes à peau ou écorce) : PORPA (Albanais 001, Albertville, Annecy 003, Combe Sillingy 018, Saxel 002), porpra (Arvillard 228), pourpa (DS4 37), R.2 l. ; kârna (Arvillard) …

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  • 42chair — [13] Chair comes ultimately from Greek kathédrā ‘seat’ (source also of cathedral, of course), which was a compound originally meaning literally ‘something for sitting down on’ – it was formed from katá ‘down’ and *hed ‘sit’. It produced Latin… …

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  • 43chair — 1. noun /tʃɛə(ɹ),tʃɛɹ/ a) An item of furniture used to sit on or in comprising a seat, legs, back, and sometimes arm rests, for use by one person. Compare stool, couch, sofa, settee, loveseat and bench …

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  • 44chair —    1. (the chair)    judicial death by electrocution    From the furniture to which the victim is strapped:     We get a lock on the case, you could face the chair. (Mailer, 1965)    2. American    a senior manager    It is politically correct,… …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 45chair*/*/*/ — [tʃeə] noun [C] I 1) a piece of furniture for one person to sit on, with a back, legs, and sometimes two arms 2) the person who is in charge of a meeting, committee, company, or organization All questions must be addressed to the chair.[/ex] He… …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 46chair — n. the electric chair, as used in the execution of the death penalty. (Underworld.) □ You’ll fry in the chair for this, Lefty! □ I don’t wanna go to the chair! …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 47chair —    Le membre viril, que les femmes ne craignent pas de consommer même en Carême, parce que ce jeûne là serait de tous le plus pénible et le plus impossible. D’où l’expression biblique d’ œuvre de chair .         Bon, bon! sur ce ton là, la petite …

    Dictionnaire Érotique moderne

  • 48chair — tʃeÉ™ n. seat; office, position of authority v. direct a meeting; head a committee; seat in a chair …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 49Chair —    La chair est un terme que l on utilise pour signifier que le vin a de la consistance, de la matière …

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  • 50Chair of Peter — • From the earliest times the Church at Rome celebrated on 18 January the memory of the day when the Apostle held his first service with the faithful of the Eternal City Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Chair of Peter     C …

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