| Desk (desk) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Desk |
| [OE. deske, the
same word as dish, disk. See Dish, and cf.
Disk.] |
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.
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."
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To shut up, as in a desk] to
treasure.
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