Desk

n. [A-S., O. Sax., & Icel. disc, table, plate, D. disch, D. & Sw. disk, table, O. H. Ger. disc, tisc, table, dish, plate, N. H. Ger. tisch, table, allied to Lat. discus, Gr. di'skos, a round plate, quoit, dish; It. desco, table, board, and disco, disk, quoit. Cf. DISH and DISK.]

1Sense 1. A table with top sloping forward, for the use of writers and readers; a frame or case to be placed upon a table for the same purpose.

2Sense 2. The place in a church for him who preaches or conducts the liturgical service; the pulpit.

3Sense 3. (Fig.) The clerical profession; as, he intends one son for the bar, and another for the desk.

v. t. [imp. & p. p. DESKED (dĕskt); p. pr. & vb. n. DESKING.] To shut up, as in a desk; to treasure. [Rare.]