5 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bench \Bench\, v. i.
To sit on a seat of justice. [R.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bench \Bench\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Benched}; p. pr & vb n.
{Benching}.]
1. To furnish with benches.
'T was benched with turf. --Dryden.
Stately theaters benched crescentwise. --Tennyson.
2. To place on a bench or seat of honor.
Whom I . . . have benched and reared to worship.
--Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bench \Bench\, n.; pl {Benches}. [OE. bench, benk, AS benc;
akin to Sw b["a]nk, Dan b[ae]nk, Icel. bekkr OS., D., & G.
bank. Cf {Bank}, {Beach}.]
1. A long seat, differing from a stool in its greater length.
Mossy benches supplied the place of chairs. --Sir W.
Scott.
2. A long table at which mechanics and other work as a
carpenter's bench.
3. The seat where judges sit in court.
To pluck down justice from your awful bench. --Shak.
4. The persons who sit as judges; the court; as the opinion
of the full bench. See {King's Bench}.
5. A collection or group of dogs exhibited to the public; --
so named because the animals are usually placed on benches
or raised platforms.
6. A conformation like a bench; a long stretch of flat
ground, or a kind of natural terrace, near a lake or
river.
{Bench mark} (Leveling), one of a number of marks along a
line of survey, affixed to permanent objects, to show
where leveling staffs were placed.
{Bench of bishops}, the whole body of English prelates
assembled in council.
{Bench plane}, any plane used by carpenters and joiners for
working a flat surface, as jack planes, long planes.
{Bench show}, an exhibition of dogs.
{Bench table} (Arch.), a projecting course at the base of a
building, or round a pillar, sufficient to form a seat.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
bench
n 1: a long seat for more than one person
2: the seat on which reserve players sit during a game
3: a shelf of rock with steep slopes above and below [syn: {terrace}]
4: persons who administer justice [syn: {judiciary}]
5: a strong work table for a carpenter or mechanic [syn: {workbench},
{work bench}]
6: the magistrate or judge or judges sitting in court in
judicial capacity to compose the court collectively [syn:
{Bench}]
v 1: take out of a game; of players
2: exhibit on a bench; of animals such as dogs at shows
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Bench
deck of a Tyrian ship, described by Ezekiel (27:6) as overlaid
with box-wood.
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