duff vs seat

duff

noun
  • The buttocks. 

  • A mixture of coal and rock. 

  • A pudding-style dessert, especially one made with plums. 

  • The bits left in the bottom of the bag after the booty has been consumed, like crumbs. 

  • Something spurious or fake; a counterfeit, a worthless thing. 

  • An error. 

  • A stiff flour pudding, often with dried fruit, boiled in a cloth bag, or steamed. 

  • Fine and dry coal in small pieces, usually anthracite. 

  • Dough. 

  • Decaying vegetable matter on the forest floor. 

  • Coal dust, especially that left after screening or combined with other small, unsaleable bits of coal. 

adj
  • Worthless; not working properly, defective. 

verb
  • To hit the ground behind the ball. 

  • To alter the branding of stolen cattle; to steal cattle. 

seat

noun
  • The part of a piece of clothing (usually pants or trousers) covering the buttocks. 

  • An ejection seat. 

  • The horizontal portion of a chair or other furniture designed for sitting. 

  • A piece of furniture made for sitting; e.g. a chair, stool or bench; any improvised place for sitting. 

  • The part of an object or individual (usually the buttocks) directly involved in sitting. 

  • A place in which to sit. 

  • The starting point of a fire. 

  • An electoral district, especially for a national legislature. 

  • Posture, or way of sitting, on horseback. 

  • One of a series of departmental placements given to a trainee solicitor as part of their training contract. 

  • A part or surface on which another part or surface rests. 

  • A membership in an organization, particularly a representative body. 

  • The location of a governing body. 

  • A temporary residence, such as a country home or a hunting lodge. 

  • The place occupied by anything, or where any person, thing or quality is situated or resides; a site. 

verb
  • To cause to occupy a post, site, or situation; to station; to establish; to fix; to settle. 

  • To settle; to plant with inhabitants. 

  • To recognize the standing of a person or persons by providing them with one or more seats which would allow them to participate fully in a meeting or session. 

  • To put a seat or bottom in. 

  • To put an object into a place where it will rest; to fix; to set firm. 

  • To provide with a place to sit. 

  • To request or direct one or more persons to sit. 

  • To assign the seats of. 

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