Escritoire: alternatives and connections

A tool used by gold-wire drawers, bookbinders, etc.; -- so called from the agate fixed in it for burnishing.

A large pulpit or reading desk, in the early Christian churches.

Originally, a desk or writing table with drawers for papers.

A decorative piece of furniture, whether open like an etagere or closed with doors. See Etagere.

The art or occupation of working upon wooden furniture requiring nice workmanship; also, such furniture.

Drawers.

A short timber running lengthwise of a ship, from one transverse desk beam to another; also, one of the cross timbers that strengthen…

A garment for women, consisting of chemise and drawers united in one.

A chest of drawers or a bureau.

A piece of wood or metal, commonly wedge-shaped, used for fastening together parts of a machine or structure. It is driven into an ope…

The signature of a secretary or other officer to a writing signed by a principal or superior, to attest its authenticity.

A tablecloth, and the other table furniture; esp., the table furniture for the use of one person at a meal; as, covers were laid for f…

A kind of small writing table, generally somewhat ornamental, and forming a piece of furniture for the parlor or boudoir.

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Work done at a desk, as by a clerk or writer.

An apparatus for bringing artificial light down from a chandelier nearer to a table or desk; a pendant.

Furniture or outfit, whether useful or ornamental; especially, the furniture and supplies of a vessel, fitting her for a voyage or for…