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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bench \Bench\, verb (used with an object) [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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bench \Bench\, noun; 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. See {bench mark} in the vocabulary.
{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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bench \Bench\, verb (used without an object) To sit on a seat of justice. [R.] --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
bench
noun
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
verb
1: take out of a game; of players
2: exhibit on a bench; "bench the poodles at the dog show"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
97 Moby Thesaurus words for "bench": British Cabinet, Sanhedrin, US Cabinet, advisory body, agency, ambo, assembly, association, atelier, bar, barbershop, beauty parlor, beauty shop, board, body of advisers, borough council, brain trust, buffet, butcher shop, cabinet, camarilla, chair, chamber, city council, common council, company, concern, conference, congress, consultative assembly, corporation, council, council fire, council of ministers, council of state, council of war, counter, county council, court, curule chair, dais, deliberative assembly, desk, diet, directory, divan, escritoire, establishment, facility, firm, helm, house, installation, institution, judgment seat, junta, kitchen cabinet, lectern, legislature, loft, mercy seat, mesa, organization, parish council, parlor, plateau, privy council, saddle, seat, seat of justice, seat of power, seat of state, secretaire, secretary, shop, soviet, staff, stand, studio, sweatshop, syndicate, synod, table, table mountain, tableland, tribunal, woolsack, work site, work space, workbench, workhouse, working space, workplace, workroom, workshop, worktable, writing table
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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