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hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam"

flat tableland with steep edges; "the tribe was relatively safe on the mesa but they had to descend into the valley for water"

a piece of furniture with tableware for a meal laid out on it; "I reserved a table at my favorite restaurant"

a set of data arranged in rows and columns; "see table 1"

a company of people assembled at a table for a meal or game; "he entertained the whole table with his witty remarks"

a piece of furniture having a smooth flat top that is usually supported by one or more vertical legs; "it was a sturdy table"

hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam"

flat tableland with steep edges; "the tribe was relatively safe on the mesa but they had to descend into the valley for water"

a piece of furniture having a smooth flat top supported by one or more vertical legs; "it was a sturdy table"

a piece of furniture with tableware for a meal laid out on it; "I reserved a table at my favorite restaurant"

a set of data arranged in rows and columns; "see table 1"

a company of people assembled at a table for a meal or game; "he entertained the whole table with his witty remarks"

A memorandum book.

A smooth, flat surface, like the side of a board; a thin, flat, smooth piece of anything; a slab.

A thin, flat piece of wood, stone, metal, or other material, on which anything is cut, traced, written, or painted; a tablet

Any smooth, flat surface upon which an inscription, a drawing, or the like, may be produced.

Hence, in a great variety of applications: A condensed statement which may be comprehended by the eye in a single view; a methodical or systematic synopsis; the presentation of many items or particulars in one group; a scheme; a schedule.

A view of the contents of a work; a statement of the principal topics discussed; an index; a syllabus; a synopsis; as, a table of contents.

A list of substances and their properties; especially, a list of the elementary substances with their atomic weights, densities, symbols, etc.

Any collection and arrangement in a condensed form of many particulars or values, for ready reference, as of weights, measures, currency, specific gravities, etc.; also, a series of numbers following some law, and expressing particular values corresponding to certain other numbers on which they depend, and by means of which they are taken out for use in computations; as, tables of logarithms, sines, tangents, squares, cubes, etc.; annuity tables; interest tables; astronomical tables, etc.

An article of furniture, consisting of a flat slab, board, or the like, having a smooth surface, fixed horizontally on legs, and used for a great variety of purposes, as in eating, writing, or working.

Hence, food placed on a table to be partaken of; fare; entertainment; as, to set a good table.

The company assembled round a table.

One of the two, external and internal, layers of compact bone, separated by diploe, in the walls of the cranium.

A stringcourse which includes an offset; esp., a band of stone, or the like, set where an offset is required, so as to make it decorative. See Water table.

The board on the opposite sides of which backgammon and draughts are played.

One of the divisions of a backgammon board; as, to play into the right-hand table.

The games of backgammon and of draughts.

A circular plate of crown glass.

The upper flat surface of a diamond or other precious stone, the sides of which are cut in angles.

The part of a machine tool on which the work rests and is fastened.

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

To supply with food; to feed.

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.

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

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

A plane surface, supposed to be transparent and perpendicular to the horizon; - called also perspective plane.

A memorandum book.

A smooth, flat surface, like the side of a board; a thin, flat, smooth piece of anything; a slab.

A thin, flat piece of wood, stone, metal, or other material, on which anything is cut, traced, written, or painted; a tablet

Any smooth, flat surface upon which an inscription, a drawing, or the like, may be produced.

Hence, in a great variety of applications: A condensed statement which may be comprehended by the eye in a single view; a methodical or systematic synopsis; the presentation of many items or particulars in one group; a scheme; a schedule.

A view of the contents of a work; a statement of the principal topics discussed; an index; a syllabus; a synopsis; as, a table of contents.

A list of substances and their properties; especially, a list of the elementary substances with their atomic weights, densities, symbols, etc.

Any collection and arrangement in a condensed form of many particulars or values, for ready reference, as of weights, measures, currency, specific gravities, etc.; also, a series of numbers following some law, and expressing particular values corresponding to certain other numbers on which they depend, and by means of which they are taken out for use in computations; as, tables of logarithms, sines, tangents, squares, cubes, etc.; annuity tables; interest tables; astronomical tables, etc.

An article of furniture, consisting of a flat slab, board, or the like, having a smooth surface, fixed horizontally on legs, and used for a great variety of purposes, as in eating, writing, or working.

Hence, food placed on a table to be partaken of; fare; entertainment; as, to set a good table.

The company assembled round a table.

One of the two, external and internal, layers of compact bone, separated by diploe, in the walls of the cranium.

A stringcourse which includes an offset; esp., a band of stone, or the like, set where an offset is required, so as to make it decorative. See Water table.

The board on the opposite sides of which backgammon and draughts are played.

One of the divisions of a backgammon board; as, to play into the right-hand table.

The games of backgammon and of draughts.

A circular plate of crown glass.

The upper flat surface of a diamond or other precious stone, the sides of which are cut in angles.

The part of a machine tool on which the work rests and is fastened.

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

To supply with food; to feed.

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.

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

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

A plane surface, supposed to be transparent and perpendicular to the horizon; - called also perspective plane.

A piece of furniture consisting of a flat, smooth top supported by legs; a flat surface suitable for an inscription; persons sitting around a table; fare; supply of food; entertainment; index or summary; an arrangement of words, facts, figures, etc., in order for reference; a table of statistics.

To index; to lay aside, as a report, for future consideration; to lay on a table, as a card or money.

Small, thin, flat part of body. A classified list.

A smooth, flat slab or board, with legs, used as an article of furniture: supply of food, entertainment: the company at a table: the board for backgammon or draughts: a surface on which something is written or engraved: that which is cut or written on a flat surface: an inscription: a condensed statement: syllabus or index: (B.) a writing tablet.

To make into a table or catalogue: to lay on the table, i.e. to postpone consideration of.

An article of furniture, consisting of a flat top on legs; entertainment; food; flat board or slab with an inscription; a synopsis or statement in figures.

To make into a table; lay on the table (i.e. postpone action on).

To place on a table; lay on the table.

An article of furniture with a flat horizontal top; also, entertainment; fare.

A collection of numbers, signs, or items in condensed form.

A slab; thin plate.

A flat bony plate or lamina.

A structure resembling the piece of furniture so called, or its flat top.

n. [Latin] A smooth, flat surface;-a slab, leaf, or flat superficies of wood, stone, metal, or other material, on which any thing is cut or written; a tablet;- hence, a memorandum - book ; - that which is cut, drawn, or written, on a smooth, flat surface ; an inscription ; a drawing;-the palm of the hand;-a piece in the game of draughts;-a system or series of numbers formed on mathematical principles;-a list or catalogue: -in literature, an index; a condensed statement of many items or particulars ; a scheme ; a schedule; a synopsis ;-one of the divisions of the decalogue;- an article of household furniture used for a great variety of purposes, as to eat, work, or write upon ;-hence, food placed on a table to be partaken of; fare ;-the company assembled round a table.