Definitions

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  • adjective archaic seated in a chair

Etymologies

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en- + chair + -ed

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Examples

  • The camp-fire finds busy employ in fitting for the demands of appetite such dainty bits of hissing roasts as en appolas may grace its sides, while, at brief intervals, the hearty attendant, enchaired upon the head of a mountain sheep, (whose huge horns furnish legs and arms for the convenience of sitting,) partakes of his tempting lunch.

    ROCKY MOUNTAIN LIFE 1841

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