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Definitions for: Desk [n] a piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.''
Desk, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Desked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Desking.]
To shut up, as in a desk; to treasure.
See Also: davenport, drawer, escritoire, secretaire, secretary, table, writing desk, writing table
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