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sitten, ppl. a. Sc. and north. dial.|ˈsɪt(ə)n| [pa. pple. of sit v. For various mod. dial. uses, see the Eng. Dial. Dict.] †1. well sitten, having a good seat (on horseback). Obs. rare.
1500–20Dunbar Poems xxvii. 70 The tailȝeour that wes nocht weill sittin, He left his sadill. c1560A. Scott Poems (S.T.S.) ii. 38 He micht counter Will on horss, For Sym wes bettir sittin Nor Will. †2. sitten-up, settled in habit, not easily stirred or moved. Obs.—1
1671J. Livingstone Let. to Parishoners Ancram 15 Their fire edge might help to kindle-up old sitten-up professours. |