slovodefinícia
bench
(mass)		bench
- lavica
bench
(encz)		bench,hoblice Zdeněk Brož
bench
(encz)		bench,lavice
bench
(encz)		bench,lavička n: Pavel Cvrček
Bench
(gcide)		Bench \Bench\, n.; pl. Benches. [OE. bench, benk, AS. benc;
akin to Sw. b[aum]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.
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Mossy benches supplied the place of chairs. --Sir W.
Scott.
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2. A long table at which mechanics and other work; as, a
carpenter's bench.
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3. The seat where judges sit in court.
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To pluck down justice from your awful bench. --Shak.
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4. The persons who sit as judges; the court; as, the opinion
of the full bench. See King's Bench.
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5. A collection or group of dogs exhibited to the public; --
so named because the animals are usually placed on benches
or raised platforms.
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6. A conformation like a bench; a long stretch of flat
ground, or a kind of natural terrace, near a lake or
river.
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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.
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Bench
(gcide)		Bench \Bench\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Benched; p. pr. & vb. n.
Benching.]
1. To furnish with benches.
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'T was benched with turf. --Dryden.
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Stately theaters benched crescentwise. --Tennyson.
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2. To place on a bench or seat of honor.
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Whom I . . . have benched and reared to worship.
--Shak.
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Bench
(gcide)		Bench \Bench\, v. i.
To sit on a seat of justice. [R.] --Shak.
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bench
(wn)		bench
n 1: a long seat for more than one person
2: a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep
slopes above and below) [syn: terrace, bench]
3: persons who administer justice [syn: judiciary, bench]
4: a strong worktable for a carpenter or mechanic [syn:
workbench, work bench, bench]
5: the magistrate or judge or judges sitting in court in
judicial capacity to compose the court collectively
6: the reserve players on a team; "our team has a strong bench"
7: (law) the seat for judges in a courtroom
v 1: take out of a game; of players
2: exhibit on a bench; "bench the poodles at the dog show"
BENCH
(bouvier)		BENCH. Latin Bancus, used for tribunal. In England there are two courts to
which this word is applied. Bancus Regius, King's Bench Bancus Communis,
Com-mon Bench or Pleas. The jus banci, says Spelman, properly belongs to the
king's judges, who administer justice in the last resort. The judges of the
inferior courts, as of the barons, are deemed to, judge plano pede, and are
such as are called in the civil law pedanei judices, or by the Greeks
Xauaidixastai, that is, humi judicantes. The Greeks called the seats of
their higher judges Bumata, and of their inferior judges Bathra. The Romans
used the word sellae and tribunalia, to designate the seats of their higher
judges, and subsellia, to designate those of the lower. See Spelman's Gloss.
(ad verb.) Bancus; also, 1 Reeves Hist. Eng. Law, 40, 4to ed., and postea
Curia Regis.

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(encz)		benche,lavička web
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(encz)		benchmark,výkonnostní test n: [it.]
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(encz)		benchmarking,výkonnostní testování v: [it.]
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(encz)		benchmarks,srovnávací testy Zdeněk Brož
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church bench
(encz)		church bench, n:
crossbench
(encz)		crossbench, n:
crossbencher
(encz)		crossbencher, n:
flat bench
(encz)		flat bench, n:
front bench
(encz)		front bench, n:
frontbencher
(encz)		frontbencher, n:
incline bench press
(encz)		incline bench press, n:
lab bench
(encz)		lab bench, n:
laboratory bench
(encz)		laboratory bench, n:
optical bench
(encz)		optical bench, n:
park bench
(encz)		park bench, n:
performance benchmark
(encz)		performance benchmark,
ride the bench
(encz)		ride the bench, v:
warm the bench
(encz)		warm the bench, v:
work bench
(encz)		work bench, n:
workbench
(encz)		workbench,ponk n: PetrV
workbenches
(encz)		workbenches,
Alebench
(gcide)		Alebench \Ale"bench`\, n.
A bench in or before an alehouse. --Bunyan.
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backbench
(gcide)		backbench \back"bench\ (b[a^]k"b[e^]nch), n.
1. any of the seats occupied by backbenchers in the House of
Commons of Great Britain.
[WordNet 1.5]
backbencher
(gcide)		backbencher \backbencher\ (b[a^]k"b[e^]nch*[~e]r), n.
a member of the House of Commons of Great Britain who is not
a party leader.
[WordNet 1.5]
Bench
(gcide)		Bench \Bench\, n.; pl. Benches. [OE. bench, benk, AS. benc;
akin to Sw. b[aum]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.
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Mossy benches supplied the place of chairs. --Sir W.
Scott.
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2. A long table at which mechanics and other work; as, a
carpenter's bench.
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3. The seat where judges sit in court.
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To pluck down justice from your awful bench. --Shak.
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4. The persons who sit as judges; the court; as, the opinion
of the full bench. See King's Bench.
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5. A collection or group of dogs exhibited to the public; --
so named because the animals are usually placed on benches
or raised platforms.
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6. A conformation like a bench; a long stretch of flat
ground, or a kind of natural terrace, near a lake or
river.
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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.
[1913 Webster]Bench \Bench\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Benched; p. pr. & vb. n.
Benching.]
1. To furnish with benches.
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'T was benched with turf. --Dryden.
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Stately theaters benched crescentwise. --Tennyson.
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2. To place on a bench or seat of honor.
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Whom I . . . have benched and reared to worship.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]Bench \Bench\, v. i.
To sit on a seat of justice. [R.] --Shak.
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bench mark
(gcide)		benchmark \benchmark\, bench mark \bench mark\ (Surveying)
1. Any permanent mark to which other levels may be referred.
such as:
(a) A horizontal mark at the water's edge with reference
to which the height of tides and floods may be
measured.
(b) a surveyer's mark on a permanent object of
predetermined position and elevation used as a
reference point.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. + WordNet 1.5]

2. something serving as a standard by which related items may
be judged; as, his painting sets the benchmark of quality.
[PJC + WordNet 1.5]

3. a test or series of tests designed to compare the
qualities or performance of different devices of the same
type. Certain sets of computer programs are much used as
benchmarks for comparing the performance of different
computers, especially by comparing the time it takes to
complete a test.
[PJC]Bench \Bench\, n.; pl. Benches. [OE. bench, benk, AS. benc;
akin to Sw. b[aum]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.
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Mossy benches supplied the place of chairs. --Sir W.
Scott.
[1913 Webster]

2. A long table at which mechanics and other work; as, a
carpenter's bench.
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3. The seat where judges sit in court.
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To pluck down justice from your awful bench. --Shak.
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4. The persons who sit as judges; the court; as, the opinion
of the full bench. See King's Bench.
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5. A collection or group of dogs exhibited to the public; --
so named because the animals are usually placed on benches
or raised platforms.
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6. A conformation like a bench; a long stretch of flat
ground, or a kind of natural terrace, near a lake or
river.
[1913 Webster]

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.
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Bench mark
(gcide)		benchmark \benchmark\, bench mark \bench mark\ (Surveying)
1. Any permanent mark to which other levels may be referred.
such as:
(a) A horizontal mark at the water's edge with reference
to which the height of tides and floods may be
measured.
(b) a surveyer's mark on a permanent object of
predetermined position and elevation used as a
reference point.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. + WordNet 1.5]

2. something serving as a standard by which related items may
be judged; as, his painting sets the benchmark of quality.
[PJC + WordNet 1.5]

3. a test or series of tests designed to compare the
qualities or performance of different devices of the same
type. Certain sets of computer programs are much used as
benchmarks for comparing the performance of different
computers, especially by comparing the time it takes to
complete a test.
[PJC]Bench \Bench\, n.; pl. Benches. [OE. bench, benk, AS. benc;
akin to Sw. b[aum]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.
[1913 Webster]

Mossy benches supplied the place of chairs. --Sir W.
Scott.
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2. A long table at which mechanics and other work; as, a
carpenter's bench.
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3. The seat where judges sit in court.
[1913 Webster]

To pluck down justice from your awful bench. --Shak.
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4. The persons who sit as judges; the court; as, the opinion
of the full bench. See King's Bench.
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5. A collection or group of dogs exhibited to the public; --
so named because the animals are usually placed on benches
or raised platforms.
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6. A conformation like a bench; a long stretch of flat
ground, or a kind of natural terrace, near a lake or
river.
[1913 Webster]

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.
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Bench of bishops
(gcide)		Bench \Bench\, n.; pl. Benches. [OE. bench, benk, AS. benc;
akin to Sw. b[aum]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.
[1913 Webster]

Mossy benches supplied the place of chairs. --Sir W.
Scott.
[1913 Webster]

2. A long table at which mechanics and other work; as, a
carpenter's bench.
[1913 Webster]

3. The seat where judges sit in court.
[1913 Webster]

To pluck down justice from your awful bench. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

4. The persons who sit as judges; the court; as, the opinion
of the full bench. See King's Bench.
[1913 Webster]

5. A collection or group of dogs exhibited to the public; --
so named because the animals are usually placed on benches
or raised platforms.
[1913 Webster]

6. A conformation like a bench; a long stretch of flat
ground, or a kind of natural terrace, near a lake or
river.
[1913 Webster]

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.
[1913 Webster]Bishop \Bish"op\, n. [OE. bischop, biscop, bisceop, AS. bisceop,
biscop, L. episcopus overseer, superintendent, bishop, fr.
Gr. ?, ? over + ? inspector, fr. root of ?, ?, to look to,
perh. akin to L. specere to look at. See Spy, and cf.
Episcopal.]
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1. A spiritual overseer, superintendent, or director.
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Ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned
unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls. --1 Pet.
ii. 25.
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It is a fact now generally recognized by theologians
of all shades of opinion, that in the language of
the New Testament the same officer in the church is
called indifferently "bishop" ( ? ) and "elder" or
"presbyter." --J. B.
Lightfoot.
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2. In the Roman Catholic, Greek, and Anglican or Protestant
Episcopal churches, one ordained to the highest order of
the ministry, superior to the priesthood, and generally
claiming to be a successor of the Apostles. The bishop is
usually the spiritual head or ruler of a diocese,
bishopric, or see.
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Bishop in partibus [infidelium] (R. C. Ch.), a bishop of a
see which does not actually exist; one who has the office
of bishop, without especial jurisdiction. --Shipley.

Titular bishop (R. C. Ch.), a term officially substituted
in 1882 for bishop in partibus.

Bench of Bishops. See under Bench.
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3. In the Methodist Episcopal and some other churches, one of
the highest church officers or superintendents.
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4. A piece used in the game of chess, bearing a
representation of a bishop's miter; -- formerly called
archer.
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5. A beverage, being a mixture of wine, oranges or lemons,
and sugar. --Swift.
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6. An old name for a woman's bustle. [U. S.]
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If, by her bishop, or her "grace" alone,
A genuine lady, or a church, is known. --Saxe.
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Bench of Bishops
(gcide)		Bench \Bench\, n.; pl. Benches. [OE. bench, benk, AS. benc;
akin to Sw. b[aum]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.
[1913 Webster]

Mossy benches supplied the place of chairs. --Sir W.
Scott.
[1913 Webster]

2. A long table at which mechanics and other work; as, a
carpenter's bench.
[1913 Webster]

3. The seat where judges sit in court.
[1913 Webster]

To pluck down justice from your awful bench. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

4. The persons who sit as judges; the court; as, the opinion
of the full bench. See King's Bench.
[1913 Webster]

5. A collection or group of dogs exhibited to the public; --
so named because the animals are usually placed on benches
or raised platforms.
[1913 Webster]

6. A conformation like a bench; a long stretch of flat
ground, or a kind of natural terrace, near a lake or
river.
[1913 Webster]

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.
[1913 Webster]Bishop \Bish"op\, n. [OE. bischop, biscop, bisceop, AS. bisceop,
biscop, L. episcopus overseer, superintendent, bishop, fr.
Gr. ?, ? over + ? inspector, fr. root of ?, ?, to look to,
perh. akin to L. specere to look at. See Spy, and cf.
Episcopal.]
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1. A spiritual overseer, superintendent, or director.
[1913 Webster]

Ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned
unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls. --1 Pet.
ii. 25.
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It is a fact now generally recognized by theologians
of all shades of opinion, that in the language of
the New Testament the same officer in the church is
called indifferently "bishop" ( ? ) and "elder" or
"presbyter." --J. B.
Lightfoot.
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2. In the Roman Catholic, Greek, and Anglican or Protestant
Episcopal churches, one ordained to the highest order of
the ministry, superior to the priesthood, and generally
claiming to be a successor of the Apostles. The bishop is
usually the spiritual head or ruler of a diocese,
bishopric, or see.
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Bishop in partibus [infidelium] (R. C. Ch.), a bishop of a
see which does not actually exist; one who has the office
of bishop, without especial jurisdiction. --Shipley.

Titular bishop (R. C. Ch.), a term officially substituted
in 1882 for bishop in partibus.

Bench of Bishops. See under Bench.
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3. In the Methodist Episcopal and some other churches, one of
the highest church officers or superintendents.
[1913 Webster]

4. A piece used in the game of chess, bearing a
representation of a bishop's miter; -- formerly called
archer.
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5. A beverage, being a mixture of wine, oranges or lemons,
and sugar. --Swift.
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6. An old name for a woman's bustle. [U. S.]
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If, by her bishop, or her "grace" alone,
A genuine lady, or a church, is known. --Saxe.
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Bench plane
(gcide)		Bench \Bench\, n.; pl. Benches. [OE. bench, benk, AS. benc;
akin to Sw. b[aum]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.
[1913 Webster]

Mossy benches supplied the place of chairs. --Sir W.
Scott.
[1913 Webster]

2. A long table at which mechanics and other work; as, a
carpenter's bench.
[1913 Webster]

3. The seat where judges sit in court.
[1913 Webster]

To pluck down justice from your awful bench. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

4. The persons who sit as judges; the court; as, the opinion
of the full bench. See King's Bench.
[1913 Webster]

5. A collection or group of dogs exhibited to the public; --
so named because the animals are usually placed on benches
or raised platforms.
[1913 Webster]

6. A conformation like a bench; a long stretch of flat
ground, or a kind of natural terrace, near a lake or
river.
[1913 Webster]

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.
[1913 Webster]
Bench show
(gcide)		Bench \Bench\, n.; pl. Benches. [OE. bench, benk, AS. benc;
akin to Sw. b[aum]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.
[1913 Webster]

Mossy benches supplied the place of chairs. --Sir W.
Scott.
[1913 Webster]

2. A long table at which mechanics and other work; as, a
carpenter's bench.
[1913 Webster]

3. The seat where judges sit in court.
[1913 Webster]

To pluck down justice from your awful bench. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

4. The persons who sit as judges; the court; as, the opinion
of the full bench. See King's Bench.
[1913 Webster]

5. A collection or group of dogs exhibited to the public; --
so named because the animals are usually placed on benches
or raised platforms.
[1913 Webster]

6. A conformation like a bench; a long stretch of flat
ground, or a kind of natural terrace, near a lake or
river.
[1913 Webster]

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.
[1913 Webster]
Bench table
(gcide)		Table \Ta"ble\ (t[=a]"'l), n. [F., fr. L. tabula a board,
tablet, a painting. Cf. Tabular, Taffrail, Tavern.]
1. A smooth, flat surface, like the side of a board; a thin,
flat, smooth piece of anything; a slab.
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A bagnio paved with fair tables of marble. --Sandys.
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2. A thin, flat piece of wood, stone, metal, or other
material, on which anything is cut, traced, written, or
painted; a tablet; pl. a memorandum book. "The names . . .
written on his tables." --Chaucer.
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And the Lord said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of
stone like unto the first, and I will write upon
these tables the words that were in the first
tables, which thou brakest. --Ex. xxxiv.
1.
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And stand there with your tables to glean
The golden sentences. --Beau. & Fl.
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3. Any smooth, flat surface upon which an inscription, a
drawing, or the like, may be produced. "Painted in a table
plain." --Spenser.
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The opposite walls are painted by Rubens, which,
with that other of the Infanta taking leave of Don
Philip, is a most incomparable table. --Evelyn.
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St. Antony has a table that hangs up to him from a
poor peasant. --Addison.
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4. Hence, in a great variety of applications: A condensed
statement which may be comprehended by the eye in a single
view; a methodical or systematic synopsis; the
presentation of many items or particulars in one group; a
scheme; a schedule. Specifically:
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(a) (Bibliog.) A view of the contents of a work; a
statement of the principal topics discussed; an index;
a syllabus; a synopsis; as, a table of contents.
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(b) (Chem.) A list of substances and their properties;
especially, the a list of the elementary substances
with their atomic weights, densities, symbols, etc.;
the periodic table of the elements.
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(c) (Mathematics, Science and Technology) Any collection
and arrangement in a condensed form of many
particulars or values, for ready reference, as of
weights, measures, currency, specific gravities, etc.;
also, a series of numbers following some law, and
expressing particular values corresponding to certain
other numbers on which they depend, and by means of
which they are taken out for use in computations; as,
tables of logarithms, sines, tangents, squares, cubes,
etc.; annuity tables; interest tables; astronomical
tables; a table of logarithms, etc.
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(d) (Palmistry) The arrangement or disposition of the
lines which appear on the inside of the hand.
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Mistress of a fairer table
Hath not history for fable. --B. Jonson.
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5. An article of furniture, consisting of a flat slab, board,
or the like, having a smooth surface, fixed horizontally
on legs, and used for a great variety of purposes, as in
eating, writing, or working.
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We may again
Give to our tables meat. --Shak.
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The nymph the table spread. --Pope.
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6. Hence, food placed on a table to be partaken of; fare;
entertainment; as, to set a good table.
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7. The company assembled round a table.
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I drink the general joy of the whole table. --Shak.
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8. (Anat.) One of the two, external and internal, layers of
compact bone, separated by diploe, in the walls of the
cranium.
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9. (Arch.) A stringcourse which includes an offset; esp., a
band of stone, or the like, set where an offset is
required, so as to make it decorative. See Water table.
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10. (Games)
(a) The board on the opposite sides of which backgammon
and draughts are played.
(b) One of the divisions of a backgammon board; as, to
play into the right-hand table.
(c) pl. The games of backgammon and of draughts. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.
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This is the ape of form, monsieur the nice,
That, when he plays at tables, chides the dice.
--Shak.
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11. (Glass Manuf.) A circular plate of crown glass.
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A circular plate or table of about five feet
diameter weighs on an average nine pounds. --Ure.
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12. (Jewelry) The upper flat surface of a diamond or other
precious stone, the sides of which are cut in angles.
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13. (Persp.) A plane surface, supposed to be transparent and
perpendicular to the horizon; -- called also {perspective
plane}.
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14. (Mach.) The part of a machine tool on which the work
rests and is fastened.
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Bench table, Card table, Communion table, {Lord's
table}, etc. See under Bench, Card, etc.

Raised table (Arch. & Sculp.), a raised or projecting
member of a flat surface, large in proportion to the
projection, and usually rectangular, -- especially
intended to receive an inscription or the like.

Roller table (Horology), a flat disk on the arbor of the
balance of a watch, holding the jewel which rolls in and
out of the fork at the end of the lever of the escapement.


Round table. See Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.

Table anvil, a small anvil to be fastened to a table for
use in making slight repairs.

Table base. (Arch.) Same as Water table.

Table bed, a bed in the form of a table.

Table beer, beer for table, or for common use; small beer.


Table bell, a small bell to be used at table for calling
servants.

Table cover, a cloth for covering a table, especially at
other than mealtimes.

Table diamond, a thin diamond cut with a flat upper
surface.

Table linen, linen tablecloth, napkins, and the like.

Table money (Mil. or Naut.), an allowance sometimes made to
officers over and above their pay, for table expenses.

Table rent (O. Eng. Law), rent paid to a bishop or
religious, reserved or appropriated to his table or
housekeeping. --Burrill.

Table shore (Naut.), a low, level shore.

Table talk, conversation at table, or at meals.

Table talker, one who talks at table.

Table tipping, Table turning, certain movements of
tables, etc., attributed by some to the agency of departed
spirits, and by others to the development of latent vital
or spriritual forces, but more commonly ascribed to the
muscular force of persons in connection with the objects
moved, or to physical force applied otherwise.

Tables of a girder or Tables of a chord (Engin.), the
upper and lower horizontal members.

To lay on the table, in parliamentary usage, to lay, as a
report, motion, etc., on the table of the presiding
officer, -- that is, to postpone the consideration of, by
a vote; -- also called to table . It is a tactic often
used with the intention of postponing consideration of a
motion indefinitely, that is, to kill the motion.

To serve tables (Script.), to provide for the poor, or to
distribute provisions for their wants. --Acts vi. 2.

To turn the tables, to change the condition or fortune of
contending parties; -- a metaphorical expression taken
from the vicissitudes of fortune in gaming.

Twelve tables (Rom. Antiq.), a celebrated body of Roman
laws, framed by decemvirs appointed 450 years before
Christ, on the return of deputies or commissioners who had
been sent to Greece to examine into foreign laws and
institutions. They consisted partly of laws transcribed
from the institutions of other nations, partly of such as
were altered and accommodated to the manners of the
Romans, partly of new provisions, and mainly, perhaps, of
laws and usages under their ancient kings. --Burrill.
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[1913 Webster]Bench \Bench\, n.; pl. Benches. [OE. bench, benk, AS. benc;
akin to Sw. b[aum]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.
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Mossy benches supplied the place of chairs. --Sir W.
Scott.
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2. A long table at which mechanics and other work; as, a
carpenter's bench.
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3. The seat where judges sit in court.
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To pluck down justice from your awful bench. --Shak.
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4. The persons who sit as judges; the court; as, the opinion
of the full bench. See King's Bench.
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5. A collection or group of dogs exhibited to the public; --
so named because the animals are usually placed on benches
or raised platforms.
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6. A conformation like a bench; a long stretch of flat
ground, or a kind of natural terrace, near a lake or
river.
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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.
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Bench warrant
(gcide)		Warrant \War"rant\, n. [OE. warant, OF. warant a warrant, a
defender, protector, F. garant, originally a p. pr. pf German
origin, fr. OHG. wer[=e]n to grant, warrant, G. gew[aum]hren;
akin to OFries. wera. Cf. Guarantee.]
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1. That which warrants or authorizes; a commission giving
authority, or justifying the doing of anything; an act,
instrument, or obligation, by which one person authorizes
another to do something which he has not otherwise a right
to do; an act or instrument investing one with a right or
authority, and thus securing him from loss or damage;
commission; authority. Specifically:
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(a) A writing which authorizes a person to receive money
or other thing.
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(b) (Law) A precept issued by a magistrate authorizing an
officer to make an arrest, a seizure, or a search, or
do other acts incident to the administration of
justice.
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(c) (Mil. & Nav.) An official certificate of appointment
issued to an officer of lower rank than a commissioned
officer. See Warrant officer, below.
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2. That which vouches or insures for anything; guaranty;
security.
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I give thee warrant of thy place. --Shak.
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His worth is warrant for his welcome hither. --Shak.
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3. That which attests or proves; a voucher.
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4. Right; legality; allowance. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Bench warrant. (Law) See in the Vocabulary.

Dock warrant (Com.), a customhouse license or authority.

General warrant. (Law) See under General.

Land warrant. See under Land.

Search warrant. (Law) See under Search, n.

Warrant of attorney (Law), written authority given by one
person to another empowering him to transact business for
him; specifically, written authority given by a client to
his attorney to appear for him in court, and to suffer
judgment to pass against him by confession in favor of
some specified person. --Bouvier.

Warrant officer, a noncommissioned officer, as a sergeant,
corporal, bandmaster, etc., in the army, or a
quartermaster, gunner, boatswain, etc., in the navy.

Warrant to sue and defend.
(a) (O. Eng. Law) A special warrant from the crown,
authorizing a party to appoint an attorney to sue or
defend for him.
(b) A special authority given by a party to his attorney
to commence a suit, or to appear and defend a suit in
his behalf. This warrant is now disused. --Burrill.
[1913 Webster]Bench warrant \Bench" war`rant\ (Law)
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.
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Benched
(gcide)		Bench \Bench\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Benched; p. pr. & vb. n.
Benching.]
1. To furnish with benches.
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'T was benched with turf. --Dryden.
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Stately theaters benched crescentwise. --Tennyson.
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2. To place on a bench or seat of honor.
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Whom I . . . have benched and reared to worship.
--Shak.
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Bencher
(gcide)		Bencher \Bench"er\, n.
1. (Eng. Law) One of the senior and governing members of an
Inn of Court.
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2. An alderman of a corporation. [Eng.] --Ashmole.
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3. A member of a court or council. [Obs.] --Shak.
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4. One who frequents the benches of a tavern; an idler.
[Obs.]
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Benches
(gcide)		Bench \Bench\, n.; pl. Benches. [OE. bench, benk, AS. benc;
akin to Sw. b[aum]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.
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Mossy benches supplied the place of chairs. --Sir W.
Scott.
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2. A long table at which mechanics and other work; as, a
carpenter's bench.
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3. The seat where judges sit in court.
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To pluck down justice from your awful bench. --Shak.
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4. The persons who sit as judges; the court; as, the opinion
of the full bench. See King's Bench.
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5. A collection or group of dogs exhibited to the public; --
so named because the animals are usually placed on benches
or raised platforms.
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6. A conformation like a bench; a long stretch of flat
ground, or a kind of natural terrace, near a lake or
river.
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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.
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Benching
(gcide)		Bench \Bench\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Benched; p. pr. & vb. n.
Benching.]
1. To furnish with benches.
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'T was benched with turf. --Dryden.
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Stately theaters benched crescentwise. --Tennyson.
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2. To place on a bench or seat of honor.
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Whom I . . . have benched and reared to worship.
--Shak.
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benchmark
(gcide)		benchmark \benchmark\, bench mark \bench mark\ (Surveying)
1. Any permanent mark to which other levels may be referred.
such as:
(a) A horizontal mark at the water's edge with reference
to which the height of tides and floods may be
measured.
(b) a surveyer's mark on a permanent object of
predetermined position and elevation used as a
reference point.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. + WordNet 1.5]

2. something serving as a standard by which related items may
be judged; as, his painting sets the benchmark of quality.
[PJC + WordNet 1.5]

3. a test or series of tests designed to compare the
qualities or performance of different devices of the same
type. Certain sets of computer programs are much used as
benchmarks for comparing the performance of different
computers, especially by comparing the time it takes to
complete a test.
[PJC]
Church-bench
(gcide)		Church-bench \Church"-bench`\, n.
A seat in the porch of a church. --Shak.
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Common Bench
(gcide)		Common \Com"mon\, a. [Compar. Commoner; superl. Commonest.]
[OE. commun, comon, OF. comun, F. commun, fr. L. communis;
com- + munis ready to be of service; cf. Skr. mi to make
fast, set up, build, Goth. gamains common, G. gemein, and E.
mean low, common. Cf. Immunity, Commune, n. & v.]
1. Belonging or relating equally, or similarly, to more than
one; as, you and I have a common interest in the property.
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Though life and sense be common to men and brutes.
--Sir M. Hale.
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2. Belonging to or shared by, affecting or serving, all the
members of a class, considered together; general; public;
as, properties common to all plants; the common schools;
the Book of Common Prayer.
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Such actions as the common good requireth. --Hooker.
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The common enemy of man. --Shak.
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3. Often met with; usual; frequent; customary.
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Grief more than common grief. --Shak.
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4. Not distinguished or exceptional; inconspicuous; ordinary;
plebeian; -- often in a depreciatory sense.
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The honest, heart-felt enjoyment of common life.
--W. Irving.
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This fact was infamous
And ill beseeming any common man,
Much more a knight, a captain and a leader. --Shak.
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Above the vulgar flight of common souls. --A.
Murphy.
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5. Profane; polluted. [Obs.]
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What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.
--Acts x. 15.
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6. Given to habits of lewdness; prostitute.
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A dame who herself was common. --L'Estrange.
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Common bar (Law) Same as Blank bar, under Blank.

Common barrator (Law), one who makes a business of
instigating litigation.

Common Bench, a name sometimes given to the English Court
of Common Pleas.

Common brawler (Law), one addicted to public brawling and
quarreling. See Brawler.

Common carrier (Law), one who undertakes the office of
carrying (goods or persons) for hire. Such a carrier is
bound to carry in all cases when he has accommodation, and
when his fixed price is tendered, and he is liable for all
losses and injuries to the goods, except those which
happen in consequence of the act of God, or of the enemies
of the country, or of the owner of the property himself.


Common chord (Mus.), a chord consisting of the fundamental
tone, with its third and fifth.

Common council, the representative (legislative) body, or
the lower branch of the representative body, of a city or
other municipal corporation.

Common crier, the crier of a town or city.

Common divisor (Math.), a number or quantity that divides
two or more numbers or quantities without a remainder; a
common measure.

Common gender (Gram.), the gender comprising words that may
be of either the masculine or the feminine gender.

Common law, a system of jurisprudence developing under the
guidance of the courts so as to apply a consistent and
reasonable rule to each litigated case. It may be
superseded by statute, but unless superseded it controls.
--Wharton.

Note: It is by others defined as the unwritten law
(especially of England), the law that receives its
binding force from immemorial usage and universal
reception, as ascertained and expressed in the
judgments of the courts. This term is often used in
contradistinction from statute law. Many use it to
designate a law common to the whole country. It is also
used to designate the whole body of English (or other)
law, as distinguished from its subdivisions, local,
civil, admiralty, equity, etc. See Law.

Common lawyer, one versed in common law.

Common lewdness (Law), the habitual performance of lewd
acts in public.

Common multiple (Arith.) See under Multiple.

Common noun (Gram.), the name of any one of a class of
objects, as distinguished from a proper noun (the name of
a particular person or thing).

Common nuisance (Law), that which is deleterious to the
health or comfort or sense of decency of the community at
large.

Common pleas, one of the three superior courts of common
law at Westminster, presided over by a chief justice and
four puisne judges. Its jurisdiction is confined to civil
matters. Courts bearing this title exist in several of the
United States, having, however, in some cases, both civil
and criminal jurisdiction extending over the whole State.
In other States the jurisdiction of the common pleas is
limited to a county, and it is sometimes called a {county
court}. Its powers are generally defined by statute.

Common prayer, the liturgy of the Church of England, or of
the Protestant Episcopal church of the United States,
which all its clergy are enjoined to use. It is contained
in the Book of Common Prayer.

Common school, a school maintained at the public expense,
and open to all.

Common scold (Law), a woman addicted to scolding
indiscriminately, in public.

Common seal, a seal adopted and used by a corporation.

Common sense.
(a) A supposed sense which was held to be the common bond
of all the others. [Obs.] --Trench.
(b) Sound judgment. See under Sense.

Common time (Mus.), that variety of time in which the
measure consists of two or of four equal portions.

In common, equally with another, or with others; owned,
shared, or used, in community with others; affecting or
affected equally.

Out of the common, uncommon; extraordinary.

Tenant in common, one holding real or personal property in
common with others, having distinct but undivided
interests. See Joint tenant, under Joint.

To make common cause with, to join or ally one's self with.

Syn: General; public; popular; national; universal; frequent;
ordinary; customary; usual; familiar; habitual; vulgar;
mean; trite; stale; threadbare; commonplace. See
Mutual, Ordinary, General.
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crossbencher
(gcide)		crossbencher \crossbencher\ n.
a member of the House of Commons of Great Britain who does
not vote regularly with either the Government or the
Opposition.
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Disbench
(gcide)		Disbench \Dis*bench"\, v. t.
1. To drive from a bench or seat. [R.] --Shak.
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2. (Eng. Law) To deprive (a bencher) of his privileges.
--Mozley & W.
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Drawbench
(gcide)		Drawbench \Draw"bench`\, n. (Med.)
A machine in which strips of metal are drawn through a
drawplate; especially, one in which wire is thus made; --
also called drawing bench.
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Free bench
(gcide)		Free \Free\ (fr[=e]), a. [Compar. Freer (-[~e]r); superl.
Freest (-[e^]st).] [OE. fre, freo, AS. fre['o], fr[imac];
akin to D. vrij, OS. & OHG. fr[imac], G. frei, Icel.
fr[imac], Sw. & Dan. fri, Goth. freis, and also to Skr. prija
beloved, dear, fr. pr[imac] to love, Goth. frij[=o]n. Cf.
Affray, Belfry, Friday, Friend, Frith inclosure.]
1. Exempt from subjection to the will of others; not under
restraint, control, or compulsion; able to follow one's
own impulses, desires, or inclinations; determining one's
own course of action; not dependent; at liberty.
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That which has the power, or not the power, to
operate, is that alone which is or is not free.
--Locke.
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2. Not under an arbitrary or despotic government; subject
only to fixed laws regularly and fairly administered, and
defended by them from encroachments upon natural or
acquired rights; enjoying political liberty.
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3. Liberated, by arriving at a certain age, from the control
of parents, guardian, or master.
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4. Not confined or imprisoned; released from arrest;
liberated; at liberty to go.
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Set an unhappy prisoner free. --Prior.
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5. Not subjected to the laws of physical necessity; capable
of voluntary activity; endowed with moral liberty; -- said
of the will.
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Not free, what proof could they have given sincere
Of true allegiance, constant faith, or love.
--Milton.
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6. Clear of offense or crime; guiltless; innocent.
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My hands are guilty, but my heart is free. --Dryden.
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7. Unconstrained by timidity or distrust; unreserved;
ingenuous; frank; familiar; communicative.
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He was free only with a few. --Milward.
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8. Unrestrained; immoderate; lavish; licentious; -- used in a
bad sense.
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The critics have been very free in their censures.
--Felton.
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A man may live a free life as to wine or women.
--Shelley.
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9. Not close or parsimonious; liberal; open-handed; lavish;
as, free with his money.
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10. Exempt; clear; released; liberated; not encumbered or
troubled with; as, free from pain; free from a burden; --
followed by from, or, rarely, by of.
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Princes declaring themselves free from the
obligations of their treaties. --Bp. Burnet.
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11. Characteristic of one acting without restraint; charming;
easy.
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12. Ready; eager; acting without spurring or whipping;
spirited; as, a free horse.
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13. Invested with a particular freedom or franchise; enjoying
certain immunities or privileges; admitted to special
rights; -- followed by of.
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He therefore makes all birds, of every sect,
Free of his farm. --Dryden.
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14. Thrown open, or made accessible, to all; to be enjoyed
without limitations; unrestricted; not obstructed,
engrossed, or appropriated; open; -- said of a thing to
be possessed or enjoyed; as, a free school.
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Why, sir, I pray, are not the streets as free
For me as for you? --Shak.
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15. Not gained by importunity or purchase; gratuitous;
spontaneous; as, free admission; a free gift.
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16. Not arbitrary or despotic; assuring liberty; defending
individual rights against encroachment by any person or
class; instituted by a free people; -- said of a
government, institutions, etc.
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17. (O. Eng. Law) Certain or honorable; the opposite of
base; as, free service; free socage. --Burrill.
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18. (Law) Privileged or individual; the opposite of common;
as, a free fishery; a free warren. --Burrill.
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19. Not united or combined with anything else; separated;
dissevered; unattached; at liberty to escape; as, free
carbonic acid gas; free cells.
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Free agency, the capacity or power of choosing or acting
freely, or without necessity or constraint upon the will.


Free bench (Eng. Law), a widow's right in the copyhold
lands of her husband, corresponding to dower in freeholds.


Free board (Naut.), a vessel's side between water line and
gunwale.

Free bond (Chem.), an unsaturated or unemployed unit, or
bond, of affinity or valence, of an atom or radical.

Free-borough men (O.Eng. Law). See Friborg.

Free chapel (Eccles.), a chapel not subject to the
jurisdiction of the ordinary, having been founded by the
king or by a subject specially authorized. [Eng.]
--Bouvier.

Free charge (Elec.), a charge of electricity in the free or
statical condition; free electricity.

Free church.
(a) A church whose sittings are for all and without
charge.
(b) An ecclesiastical body that left the Church of
Scotland, in 1843, to be free from control by the
government in spiritual matters.

Free city, or Free town, a city or town independent in
its government and franchises, as formerly those of the
Hanseatic league.

Free cost, freedom from charges or expenses. --South.

Free and easy, unconventional; unrestrained; regardless of
formalities. [Colloq.] "Sal and her free and easy ways."
--W. Black.

Free goods, goods admitted into a country free of duty.

Free labor, the labor of freemen, as distinguished from
that of slaves.

Free port. (Com.)
(a) A port where goods may be received and shipped free
of custom duty.
(b) A port where goods of all kinds are received from
ships of all nations at equal rates of duty.

Free public house, in England, a tavern not belonging to a
brewer, so that the landlord is free to brew his own beer
or purchase where he chooses. --Simmonds.

Free school.
(a) A school to which pupils are admitted without
discrimination and on an equal footing.
(b) A school supported by general taxation, by
endowmants, etc., where pupils pay nothing for
tuition; a public school.

Free services (O.Eng. Law), such feudal services as were
not unbecoming the character of a soldier or a freemen to
perform; as, to serve under his lord in war, to pay a sum
of money, etc. --Burrill.

Free ships, ships of neutral nations, which in time of war
are free from capture even though carrying enemy's goods.


Free socage (O.Eng. Law), a feudal tenure held by certain
services which, though honorable, were not military.
--Abbott.

Free States, those of the United States before the Civil
War, in which slavery had ceased to exist, or had never
existed.

Free stuff (Carp.), timber free from knots; clear stuff.

Free thought, that which is thought independently of the
authority of others.

Free trade, commerce unrestricted by duties or tariff
regulations.

Free trader, one who believes in free trade.

To make free with, to take liberties with; to help one's
self to. [Colloq.]

To sail free (Naut.), to sail with the yards not braced in
as sharp as when sailing closehauled, or close to the
wind.
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frontbench
(gcide)		frontbench \frontbench\ n.
any of the front seats in the House of Commons of Great
Britain that are reserved for ministers or ex-ministers.
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frontbencher
(gcide)		frontbencher \frontbencher\ n.
a member of the House of Commons of Great Britain who is a
minister or an ex-minister.
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Imbenching
(gcide)		Imbenching \Im*bench"ing\, n. [Pref. im- in + bench.]
A raised work like a bench. [Obs.] --Parkhurst.
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