Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bench"

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)

Bench
deck of a Tyrian ship, described by Ezekiel (27:6) as overlaid
with box-wood.

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\, 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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Bench \Bench\, n.; pl. {Benches}. [OE. bench, benk, AS. benc;
akin to Sw. b["a]nk, Dan b[ae]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 WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

bench
n 1: a long seat for more than one person
2: the reserve players on a team; "our team has a strong bench"
3: a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep
slopes above and below) [syn: {terrace}]
4: persons who administer justice [syn: {judiciary}]
5: a strong worktable for a carpenter or mechanic [syn: {workbench},
{work bench}]
6: the magistrate or judge or judges sitting in court in
judicial capacity to compose the court collectively [syn:
{Bench}]
v 1: take out of a game; of players
2: exhibit on a bench; of animals such as dogs at shows


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