Chair

Chair

A chair is a raised surface used to sit on, commonly for use by one person. Chairs are most often supported by four legs and have a back; however, a chair can have three legs or could have a different shape.

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Famous quotes containing the word chair:

    “Show some mercy to this chair which has stretched out its arms to you for so long; please satisfy its desire to embrace you!”
    —Molière [Jean Baptiste Poquelin] (1622–1673)

    “My chair was nearest to the fire
    In every company
    That talked of love or politics,
    Ere Time transfigured me.”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “A hundred cabinet-makers in London can work a table or a chair equally well; but no one poet can write verses with such spirit and elegance as Mr. Pope.”
    —David Hume (1711–1776)