sea thrift (sethrift)

See thrift. seating (sē'ting), n. [Verbal n. of seat, v.] 1. The act of placing on a seat; the act of furnishing with a seat or seats.-2. Textile material made for upholstering the seats of chairs, sofas, and the like; especially, haircloth.-3. pl. In mech., collectively, the various fitted supports of the parts of a structure or of a machine.4. In ship - building, that part of the floor which rests on the keel. When the frames are perpendicular to the keel, the bevelling of the seating of the floors, i. e. the angle between the plane of the side of timber and the keel, is a right angle. The arle, Naval Arch., § 46.