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English Dictionary: bench' by the DICT Development Group
4 results for bench'
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\, n.; pl. {Benches}. [OE. bench, benk, AS. benc;
      akin to Sw. b[84]nk, Dan b[91]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 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 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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