= various reading at various, adj. 8d.

concrete. A reading of a text found in a particular copy or edition. †various lections, variant readings.

With plural n. Different from one another; of different kinds or sorts. In the phrase various reading(s). (Cf. variant, adj. 2 and lection, n. 1c.)

A various reading; spec. a textual variation in two or more copies of a printed work (not necessarily implying reimpression).