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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Reading \Read"ing\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to the act of reading; used in reading.
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2. Addicted to reading; as, a reading community.
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{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.
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