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desk |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Desk \Desk\, n. [OE. deske, the same word as dish, disk. See {Dish}, and cf {Disk}.] 1. A table, frame, or case, usually with sloping top but often with flat top for the use writers and readers. It often has a drawer or repository underneath. 2. A reading table or lectern to support the book from which the liturgical service is read, differing from the pulpit from which the sermon is preached; also (esp. in the United States), a pulpit. Hence used symbolically for ``the clerical profession.'' From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Desk \Desk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Desked}; p. pr & vb n. {Desking}.] To shut up as in a desk; to treasure. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: desk n : a piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments
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