Table

Raised table
(Arch. & Sculp.) a raised or projecting member of a flat surface, large in proportion to the projection, and usually rectangular, - especially intended to receive an inscription or the like.

Roller table
(Horology) a flat disk on the arbor of the balance of a watch, holding the jewel which rolls in and out of the fork at the end of the lever of the escapement.

Round table
See Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.

Table anvil
a small anvil to be fastened to a table for use in making slight repairs.

Table base
(Arch.) Same as Water table.

Table bed
a bed in the form of a table.

Table beer
beer for table, or for common use; small beer.

Table bell
a small bell to be used at table for calling servants.

Table cover
a cloth for covering a table, especially at other than mealtimes.

Table diamond
a thin diamond cut with a flat upper surface.

Table linen
linen tablecloth, napkins, and the like.

Table money
(Mil. or Naut.) an allowance sometimes made to officers over and above their pay, for table expenses.

Table rent
(O. Eng. Law) rent paid to a bishop or religious, reserved or appropriated to his table or housekeeping.

Table shore
(Naut.) a low, level shore. - Burrill.

Table talk
conversation at table, or at meals.

Table talker
one who talks at table.

Table tipping
certain movements of tables, etc., attributed by some to the agency of departed spirits, and by others to the development of latent vital or spriritual forces, but more commonly ascribed to the muscular force of persons in connection with the objects moved, or to physical force applied otherwise.

Tables of a girder
(Engin.) the upper and lower horizontal members.

To lay on the table
in parliamentary usage, to lay, as a report, motion, etc., on the table of the presiding officer, - that is, to postpone the consideration of, by a vote; - also called to table . It is a tactic often used with the intention of postponing consideration of a motion indefinitely, that is, to kill the motion.

To serve tables
(Script.) to provide for the poor, or to distribute provisions for their wants.

To turn the tables
to change the condition or fortune of contending parties; - a metaphorical expression taken from the vicissitudes of fortune in gaming. - Acts vi. 2.

Twelve tables

(Rom. Antiq.) a celebrated body of Roman laws, framed by decemvirs appointed 450 years before Christ, on the return of deputies or commissioners who had been sent to Greece to examine into foreign laws and institutions. They consisted partly of laws transcribed from the institutions of other nations, partly of such as were altered and accommodated to the manners of the Romans, partly of new provisions, and mainly, perhaps, of laws and usages under their ancient kings.

- Burrill.

v. t.

To form into a table or catalogue; to tabulate; as, to table fines.

[imp. & p. p. Tabled (tā"b'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Tabling (tā"bling).]

To delineate, as on a table; to represent, as in a picture.

Tabled and pictured in the chambers of meditation.

- Bacon.

To supply with food; to feed.

(Carp.) To insert, as one piece of timber into another, by alternate scores or projections from the middle, to prevent slipping; to scarf.

To lay or place on a table, as money.

In parliamentary usage, to lay on the table; to postpone, by a formal vote, the consideration of (a bill, motion, or the like) till called for, or indefinitely.

To enter upon the docket; as, to table charges against some one.

(Naut.) To make board hems in the skirts and bottoms of (sails) in order to strengthen them in the part attached to the boltrope.

v. i.

To live at the table of another; to board; to eat.

Noun	1.	table - a set of data arranged in rows and columns; "see table 1" Synonyms: tabular array
	2.	table - a piece of furniture having a smooth flat top that is usually supported by one or more vertical legs; "it was a sturdy table"
	3.	table - a piece of furniture with tableware for a meal laid out on it; "I reserved a table at my favorite restaurant"
	4.	table - flat tableland with steep edges; "the tribe was relatively safe on the mesa but they had to descend into the valley for water" Synonyms: mesa
	5.	table - a company of people assembled at a table for a meal or game; "he entertained the whole table with his witty remarks"
	6.	table - food or meals in general; "she sets a fine table"; "room and board" Synonyms: board
Verb	1.	table - hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam" Synonyms: postpone, prorogue, put off, defer, set back, shelve, put over, remit, hold over

(database)

table - A collection of records in a relational database.

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