Hypertext Webster Gateway: "site"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Site \Site\, n. [L. situs, fr. sinere, situm, to let, p. p.
situs placed, lying, situate: cf. F. site. Cf. {Position}.]
1. The place where anything is fixed; situation; local
position; as, the site of a city or of a house. --Chaucer.

2. A place fitted or chosen for any certain permanent use or
occupation; as, a site for a church.

3. The posture or position of a thing. [R.]

The semblance of a lover fixed In melancholy site.
--Thomson.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

site
n 1: the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be
located): "a good site for the school" [syn: {land site}]
2: physical position in relation to the surroundings [syn: {situation}]
3: a computer connected to the internet that maintains a series
of web pages on the World Wide Web; "the Israeli web site
was damaged by hostile hackers" [syn: {web site}, {internet
site}]
v : assign a location to; "The company located some of their
agents in Los Angeles" [syn: {locate}, {place}]


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