settee

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The occupant of the settee was a huge, muscular, repulsive young man, whose yellow hair lay uncombed on his pillow, while his pale, freckle-marked face was distorted with pain, rage, and the torture of a rebellious spirit, when sorely smitten by the hand of God Many of Brimstone's fierce shipmates had been hurried into eternity in the midst of the struggle on the deck of the East Indiaman.

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  1. noun A long wooden bench with a back.
  2. noun A small or medium-sized sofa.

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  • Erica has bagged the big bed and Tamsin is to have the single, so, if you have an objection to the top bunk, the settee is available Supper up! —  The Death-Cap Dancers - Gladys Mitchell - Bradley 59: 1981
  • No, the settee was already taken, and the floor didn't look all that appealing. —  Garwood, Julie - Lion's Lady
  • In front of the settee is a Hepplewhite-style round mahogany coffee table with a leather inset top.
  • In the middle of the room, a little to the right, there is a large and comfortable settee, and on the left of the settee is a table littered with books, magazines, a scent-atomizer, a small silver-framed mirror, a case of manicure instruments, a box of cigarettes and a match-stand, and other odds and ends. —  The 'Mind the Paint' Girl A Comedy in Four Acts
  • The occupant of the settee was a huge, muscular, repulsive young man, whose yellow hair lay uncombed on his pillow, while his pale, freckle-marked face was distorted with pain, rage, and the torture of a rebellious spirit, when sorely smitten by the hand of God Many of Brimstone's fierce shipmates had been hurried into eternity in the midst of the struggle on the deck of the East Indiaman. —  The Boy Patriot
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  1. Perhaps alteration of settle, bench.

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  1. A fanciful variation, perhaps orig. in trade use, of settle, n. (with substitution of suffix -ee): see settle.
  2. Also setee, from French scétie, sétie, also scitie, setie, prob. from Italian saettia, a light vessel: see satty.
 

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