Word Meanings - WORKBENCH - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A bench on which work is performed, as in a carpenter's shop.

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• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• CARPENTER
  An artificer who works in timber; a framer and builder of houses, ships, etc. Syn. -- Carpenter, Joiner. The carpenter frames and puts together roofs, partitions, floors, and other structural parts of a building. The joiner Supplies stairs, doors
• BENCH
  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
• BENCHER
  One of the senior and governing members of an Inn of Court. 2. An alderman of a corporation. Ashmole. 3. A member of a court or council. Shak. 4. One who frequents the benches of a tavern; an idler.
• PERFORMANCE
  The act of performing; the carrying into execution or action; execution; achievement; accomplishment; representation by action; as, the performance of an undertaking of a duty. Promises are not binding where the performance is impossible. Paley.
• WHICH
  the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
• PERFORM
  parfornir, parfournir, to finish, complete; OF. & F. par + fournir to finish, complete. The word has been influenced by form; 1. To carry through; to bring to completion; to achieve; to accomplish; to execute; to do. I will cry unto God most
• PERFORMER
  One who performs, accomplishes, or fulfills; as, a good promiser, but a bad performer; especially, one who shows skill and training in any art; as, a performer of the drama; a performer on the harp.
• 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.
• PERFORMABLE
  Admitting of being performed, done, or executed; practicable.
• BENCH MARK
  Any permanent mark to which other levels may be referred. Specif. : A horizontal mark at the water's edge with reference to which the height of tides and floods may be measured.
• CARPENTERING
  The occupation or work of a carpenter; the act of workingin timber; carpentry.
• DISBENCH
  To deprive of his privileges. Mozley & W. (more info) 1. To drive from a bench or seat. Shak.
• CHURCH-BENCH
  A seat in the porch of a church. Shak.
• WORKBENCH
  A bench on which work is performed, as in a carpenter's shop.
• ALEBENCH
  A bench in or before an alehouse. Bunyan.
• 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
• IMBENCHING
  A raised work like a bench. Parkhurst.
• NONPERFORMANCE
  Neglect or failure to perform.
• DRAWBENCH
  A machine in which strips of metal are drawn through a drawplate; especially, one in which wire is thus made; -- also called drawing bench.