(n.) A long seat with a back, -- made to accommodate several persons at once.
(n.) A vessel with a very long, sharp prow, carrying two or three masts with lateen sails, -- used in the Mediterranean.
Example Sentences:
(1) While Auden and Britten are much grander characters than, say, Maggie Smith's nervy vicar's wife in Bed Among the Lentils or Thora Hird's Doris in A Cream Cracker Under the Settee trying to stave off the care home, they share the same disappointments – loneliness, self-doubt, age.
(2) We got into Harry Cross' house and rolled up some of those funny cigarettes on his settee, he thought it was hilarious."
(3) Apparently, it spat the battery out, which went underneath the settee.” It was only recently that the couple had started sleeping in the front bedroom.
(4) However, Rupert Murdoch was sitting in the editor’s chair while Larry reclined on the settee the other side of the room.
(5) Molly works because, while Watson is "the audience", Molly is every woman of a certain age sitting at home on the settee fantasising about running their hands through Benedict Cumberbatch's hair.
(6) Following the introduction of picture referencing across two more complex tasks, four students independently completed more complex love seat and settee assemblies in fewer trials than required during their initial chair assembly.
(7) All these adverts should be for horrible cheap unsold settees, that's what I think I'm trying to say here.
(8) At its height we were seeing up to 640 calls a day on unexpected fees, but we’re pleased to say we’re seeing this decrease on account of the actions we’re taking to help stop these sharp practices.” Wendy Scurr from Middlesborough, who lives on disability benefits, looked for a loan online to buy a new settee.
(9) Various venues Richard Herring: Lord Of The Dance Settee, On tour Stewart Lee’s former double-act partner Richard Herring has done more than most stand-ups to explore the potential of multiple media platforms as vehicles for his comedy.
(10) Taking its title from a wilful childhood misinterpretation of a hymn, his new show Lord Of The Dance Settee is a celebration of lifelong daftness, full of elaborately constructed flights of illogical fancy and moments of gleeful childishness.
(11) At its height we were seeing up to 640 calls a day on unexpected fees.” Wendy Scurr from Middlesborough, who lives on disability benefits, looked for a loan online to buy a new settee.
(12) You'd close the curtains, shut out the sun, clear the diary and settle down on the settee for hour after hour of interviews, analysis, shots of fans walking up Wembley Way and Des Lynam trying desperately to fill the time, with all the while the stadium slowy filling up in the background.
(13) It is the favourite programme of the Royle Family – the boggle-eyed, settee-bound relatives sang along dreamily to the theme tune in last year's Christmas special.