noun.
A horizontal subdivision of a bed of coal or other mineral.
noun.
A glass tray in which microscopical slides can be placed, in a vertical position, for staining or other purposes.
To furnish with benches.
To bank up.
To seat on a bench; place on a seat of honor.
To place on a show-bench for exhibition, as a dog.
In mining: To undercut, kirve, or hole (the coal).
To wedge up the bottoms below the holing when this is done in the middle of the seam.
To sit on a seat of justice.
noun.
A long seat, usually of board or plank, or of stone, differing from a stool in its greater length.
noun.
The seat where judges sit in court; the seat of justice.
noun.
Hence The body of persons who sit as judges; the court: as, the case is to go before the full bench.
noun.
A strong table on which carpenters or other mechanics do their work; a work-bench.
noun.
The floor or ledge which supports muffles and retorts.
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A platform or a series of elevated stalls or boxes on which animals are placed for exhibition, as at a dog-show.
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In engineering, a ledge left on the edge of a cutting in earthwork to strengthen it.
noun.
In geology and mining:
noun.
A natural terrace, marking the outcrop of a harder seam or stratum, and thus indicating a change in the character of the rock.
noun.
In coal-mining, a division of a coal-seam separated from the remainder of the bed by a parting of shale or any other kind of rock or mineral.
noun.
A small area of nearly level or gently sloping land, rising above the adjacent low region, and forming a part of a terrace or wash, disunited from the remainder by erosion. Sometimes, though rarely, used as synonymous with terrace.
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The driver's seat on a coach.