reading desk

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reading desk - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Reading \Read"ing\, a.
     1. Of or pertaining to the act of reading; used in reading.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Addicted to reading; as, a reading community.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]

reading desk - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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
           ]