Read"ing , a.
1. Of or
pertaining to the act of reading; used in reading.
2.
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.
Read"ing (rēd"&ibreve;ng), n.
1. The act
of one who
reads; perusal; also,
printed or written matter to be
read.
2. Study of books; literary scholarship;
as, a man of extensive reading.
3. A lecture or
prelection; public recital.
The Jews had their weekly readings of the law.
Hooker. 4. The way in which anything reads; force of a word or passage presented by a documentary authority; lection; version.
5. Manner of reciting, or acting a part, on the stage; way of
rendering. [Cant]
6. An observation read from the
scale of a graduated instrument;
as, the reading of a barometer.
Reading of a
bill (Legislation), its formal recital, by the proper
officer, before the House which is to consider it.
Hear it pronounced