English to English Dictionary -benches

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Alebench :: Alebench (n.) A bench in or before an alehouse.

Bench :: Bench (n.) A long seat, differing from a stool in its greater length..

Bench :: Bench (n.) A long table at which mechanics and other work; as, a carpenter's bench..

Bench :: Bench (n.) The seat where judges sit in court.

Bench :: Bench (n.) The persons who sit as judges; the court; as, the opinion of the full bench. See King's Bench..

Bench :: Bench (n.) A collection or group of dogs exhibited to the public; -- so named because the animals are usually placed on benches or raised platforms.

Bench :: Bench (n.) A conformation like a bench; a long stretch of flat ground, or a kind of natural terrace, near a lake or river..

Bench :: Bench (v. t.) To furnish with benches.

Bench :: Bench (v. t.) To place on a bench or seat of honor.

Bench :: Bench (v. i.) To sit on a seat of justice.

Bench Warrant :: Bench warrant () A process issued by a presiding judge or by a court against a person guilty of some contempt, or indicted for some crime; -- so called in distinction from a justice's warrant..

Benched :: Benched (imp. & p. p.) of Benc.

Bencher :: Bencher (n.) One of the senior and governing members of an Inn of Court.

Bencher :: Bencher (n.) An alderman of a corporation.

Bencher :: Bencher (n.) A member of a court or council.

Bencher :: Bencher (n.) One who frequents the benches of a tavern; an idler.

Benches :: Benches (pl. ) of Benc.

Benching :: Benching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Benc.

Church-bench :: Church-bench (n.) A seat in the porch of a church.

Disbench :: Disbench (v. t.) To drive from a bench or seat.

Disbench :: Disbench (v. t.) To deprive (a bencher) of his privileges.

Drawbench :: Drawbench (n.) A machine in which strips of metal are drawn through a drawplate; especially, one in which wire is thus made; -- also called drawing bench..

Imbenching :: Imbenching (n.) A raised work like a bench.

King''s Bench :: King's Bench () Formerly, the highest court of common law in England; -- so called because the king used to sit there in person. It consisted of a chief justice and four puisne, or junior, justices. During the reign of a queen it was called the Queen's Bench. Its jurisdiction was transferred by the judicature acts of 1873 and 1875 to the high court of justice created by that legislation..

Workbench :: Workbench (n.) A bench on which work is performed, as in a carpenter's shop..