n.
The part of a machine tool on which the work rests and is fastened.
v. t.
To form into a table or catalogue; to tabulate; as, to table fines.
v. t.
To delineate, as on a table; to represent, as in a picture.
v. t.
To supply with food; to feed.
v. t.
To insert, as one piece of timber into another, by alternate scores or projections from the middle, to prevent slipping; to scarf.
v. t.
To lay or place on a table, as money.
v. t.
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.
v. t.
To enter upon the docket; as, to table charges against some one.
v. t.
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.
n.
A striking and vivid representation; a picture.
n.
A representation of some scene by means of persons grouped in the proper manner, placed in appropriate postures, and remaining silent and motionless.
n.
A cloth for covering a table, especially one with which a table is covered before the dishes, etc., are set on for meals.
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