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2. Study of books; literary scholarship; as, a man of extensive reading.
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3. A lecture or prelection; public recital. [1913 Webster]

The Jews had their weekly readings of the law. --Hooker.
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4. The way in which anything reads; force of a word or passage presented by a documentary authority; lection;
version.
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5. Manner of reciting, or acting a part, on the stage; way of rendering. [Cant]
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6. An observation read from the scale of a graduated instrument; as, the reading of a barometer.
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Reading of a bill (Legislation), its formal recital, by the proper officer, before the House which is to consider it.
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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. [1913 Webster]

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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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English