sitting breeches

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• Sitting

  ·noun A brooding over eggs for hatching, as by fowls. II. Sitting ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of <<Sit>>. III....

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Sitting

  The attitude generally assumed in Palestine by those who were engaged in any kind of work. "The carp...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• Breeches

  ·noun ·pl Trousers; pantaloons. II. Breeches ·noun ·pl A garment worn by men, covering the hips and...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Breeches

  (Ex. 28:42), rather linen drawers, reaching from the waist to a little above the knee, worn by the p...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• breeches

  To wear the breeches; a woman who governs her husband is said to wear the breeches. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• Breeches Yard

  In Townsend Lane, Thames Street (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799). Not named in the maps. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• breeches bible

  An edition of the Bible printed in 1598, wherein it is said that Adam and Eve sewed figleaves togeth...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• little breeches

  A familiar appellation used to a little boy. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• dutchman's breeches

  The patch of blue sky often seen when a gale is breaking, is said to be, however small, "enough to m...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• welshman's breeches

  See dutchman's breeches. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• too big for his breeches

  is said of a man who is above his business; arrogant; haughty. Gentlemen, I was one of the first to...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• wry mouth and a pissen pair of breeches

  Hanging. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose