reading

Definitions

1. 1.Study of books; literary scholarship; as, a man of extensive reading.
2. 2.A lecture or prelection; public recital. The Jews had their weekly readings of the law. Hooker.
3. 3.The way in which anything reads; force of a word or passage presented by a documentary authority; lection; version.
4. 4.Manner of reciting, or acting a part, on the stage; way of rendering. [Cant]
5. 5.An observation read from the scale of a graduated instrument; as, the reading of a barometer. Reading of a bill (Legislation), its normal recital, by the proper officer, before the House which is to consider it.
6. 6.Of or pertaining to the act of reading; used in reading.
7. 7.Addicted to reading; as, a reading community. Reading book, a book for teaching reading; a reader. -- Reading desk, a desk to support a book while reading; esp., a desk used while reading the service in a church. -- Reading glass, a large lens with more or less magnifying power, attached to a handle, and used in reading, etc. -- Reading man, one who reads much; hence, in the English universities, a close, industrious student. -- Reading room, a room appropriated to reading; a room provided with papers, periodicals, and the like, to which persons resort.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is study of books; literary scholarship; as, a man of extensive reading called?
• What is a lecture or prelection; public recital. The Jews had their weekly readings of the law. Hooker called?
• What is the way in which anything reads; force of a word or passage presented by a documentary authority; lection; version called?
• What is manner of reciting, or acting a part, on the stage; way of rendering. [Cant] called?
• What is of or pertaining to the act of reading; used in reading called?