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Reading desk   /rˈɛdɪŋ dɛsk/   Listen
adjective
Reading  adj.  
1.
Of or pertaining to the act of reading; used in reading.
2.
Addicted to reading; as, a reading community.
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" Quotes from Famous Books



... stone, in similar style, with four decorated panels, having, beneath the cornice, the inscription "He that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully;" the book-rest is supported by the figure of an angel, with outspread wings. The Reading Desk, on the opposite side, consists of open tracery work, carved in modern oak. The Lectern, an eagle of brass, was presented, in 1901, by the Misses Walter, in memory of their father, Mr. Joseph Walter, for many years church warden. {39c} The ...
— A History of Horncastle - from the earliest period to the present time • James Conway Walter



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