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reading desk (encz) | reading desk, n: |
Reading desk (gcide) | Reading \Read"ing\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to the act of reading; used in reading.
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2. Addicted to reading; as, a reading community.
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Reading book, a book for teaching reading; a reader.
Reading desk, a desk to support a book while reading; esp.,
a desk used while reading the service in a church.
Reading glass, a large lens with more or less magnifying
power, attached to a handle, and used in reading, etc.
Reading man, one who reads much; hence, in the English
universities, a close, industrious student.
Reading room, a room appropriated to reading; a room
provided with papers, periodicals, and the like, to which
persons resort.
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reading desk (wn) | reading desk
n 1: desk or stand with a slanted top used to hold a text at the
proper height for a lecturer [syn: lectern, {reading
desk}] |
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reading desk (encz) | reading desk, n: |
reading desk (wn) | reading desk
n 1: desk or stand with a slanted top used to hold a text at the
proper height for a lecturer [syn: lectern, {reading
desk}] |
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