Chair

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To place in a chair.

II. Chair ·noun A movable single seat with a back.

III. Chair ·vt To carry publicly in a chair in triumph.

IV. Chair ·noun The presiding officer of an assembly; a chairman; as, to address the chair.

V. Chair ·noun An iron block used on railways to support the rails and secure them to the sleepers.

VI. Chair ·noun An official seat, as of a chief magistrate or a judge, but ·esp. that of a professor; hence, the office itself.

VII. Chair ·noun A vehicle for one person; either a sedan borne upon poles, or two-wheeled carriage, drawn by one horse; a gig.