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.
READJOURN
Re`ad*journ", v. t.
Defn: To adjourn a second time; to adjourn again.
READJOURNMENT
Re`ad*journ"ment, n.
Defn: The act of readjourning; a second or repeated adjournment.
READJUST
Re`ad*just", v. t.
Defn: To adjust or settle again; to put in a different order or relation; to rearrange.
READJUSTER
Re`ad*just"er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, readjusts; in some of the States of the United States, one who advocates a refunding, and sometimes a partial repudiation, of the State debt without the consent of the State's creditors.
READJUSTMENT
Re`ad*just"ment, n.