Read″ing (rēd″ĭng), n. 1. The act of one who reads; perusal; also, printed or written matter to be read.
2. Study of books; literary scholarship; as, a man of extensive reading.
3. A lecture or prelection; public recital.
The Jews had their weekly readings of the law. Hooker.
4. The way in which anything reads; force of a word or passage presented by a documentary authority; lection; version.
5. Manner of reciting, or acting a part, on the stage; way of rendering.
6. An observation read from the scale of a graduated instrument; as, the reading of a barometer.
Reading of a bill(Legislation), its formal recital, by the proper officer, before the House which is to consider it.