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An apparatus for bringing artificial light down from a chandelier nearer to a table or desk; a pendant.
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Work done at a desk, as by a clerk or writer.
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A kind of mop for cleaning floors, the desks of vessels, etc., esp. one made of rope-yarns or threads.
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A large pulpit or reading desk, in the early Christian churches.
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A choir desk, or reading desk, in some churches, from which the lections, or Scripture lessons, are chanted or read; hence, a reading desk. [Written also lectern and lettern.]
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A piece of furniture used as a writing table, commonly with drawers, pigeonholes, and the like; a secretary or writing desk.
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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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A kneeling desk for prayers.
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A small compartment in a desk or case for the keeping of letters, documents, etc.; -- so called from the resemblance of a row of them to the compartments in a dovecote.
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Capable of being borne or carried; easily transported; conveyed without difficulty; as, a portable bed, desk, engine.
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One who swabs a floor or desk.
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Originally, a desk or writing table with drawers for papers.
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To shut up, as in a desk; to treasure.
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To clean with a mop or swab; to wipe when very wet, as after washing; as, to swab the desk of a ship.
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A desk, or platform, for an orator or public speaker.
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A escritoire; a writing desk.
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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.
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A short timber running lengthwise of a ship, from one transverse desk beam to another; also, one of the cross timbers that strengthen a hath; -- usually in pl.
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