Definition of Sittine

1. a. Of or pertaining to the family Sittidæ, or nuthatches.

Definition of Sittine

1. pertaining to a Sitta (the nuthatch genus) [adj]

Medical Definition of Sittine

1. Of or pertaining to the family Sittidae, or nuthatches. Origin: NL. Sitta the nuthatch, from Gr. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sittine

sits on the fence
sits out
sits still
sits up
sittar
sittars
sittella
sittellas
sitten
sitter
sitters
sittest
sitteth
sittin'
sittine (current term)
sitting
sitting-room
sitting-rooms
sitting around
sitting down
sitting duck
sitting ducks
sitting in
sitting on it
sitting on the fence
sitting out
sitting pretty
sitting room
sitting rooms

Literary usage of Sittine

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: From by Francis Vesey, Great Britain Court of Chancery (1827)
"... ii . tw, sittine: in home ; and that in his return to his house, in g , ° Dean's Yard, Westminster, directly, not having stopped the jj . . any where, ..."

2. The American Commonwealth by James Bryce Bryce (1908)
"But the holding of the £reat majority cf offices under the Crown is now. by statute, a disqualification for sittine in the House of Commons. ..."

3. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1829)
"At a recent sittine of the trench Institute, M. Roulin stated, that in South America the lambs which are not from merinos, but the tuna basta, ..."

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