Hypertext Webster Gateway: "desk"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Desk \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.''
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Desk \Desk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Desked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Desking}.]
To shut up, as in a desk; to treasure.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
desk
n : a piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually
drawers or other compartments
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