We are in the world like men playing at tables. 17. In mathematics, tables are systems of numbers calculated to be ready for expediting operations; as a table of logarithms; a multiplication table.
18. Astronomical tables, are computations of the motions, places and other phenomena of the planets, both primary and secondary.
19. In chimistry, a list or catalogue of substances or their properties; as a table of known acids; a table of acidifiable bases; a table of binary combinations; a table of specific gravities.
20. In general, any series of numbers formed on mathematical or other correct principles.
21. A division of the ten commandments; as the first and second tables. The first table comprehends our more immediate duties to God; the second table our more immediate duties to each other.
22. Among jewelers, a table diamond or other precious stone, is one whose upper surface is quite flat, and the sides only cut in angles.
23. A list or catalogue; as a table of stars.
Raised table, in sculpture, an embossment in a frontispiece for an inscription or other ornament, supposed to be the abacus of Vitruvius.
Round Table. Knights of the round table, are a military order instituted by Arthur, the first king of the Britons, A.D. 516.
Twelve Tables, the laws of the Romans, so called probably, because engraved on so many tables.
To turn the tables, to change the condition or fortune of contending parties; a metaphorical expression taken from the vicissitudes of fortune in gaming.
To serve tables, to provide for the poor; or to distribute provisions for their wants. Acts.6.
TA'BLE, v.i. To board; to diet or live at the table of another. Nebuchadnezzar tabled with the beasts.
TA'BLE, v.t. To form into a table or catalogue; as, to table fines. In England, the chirographer tables the fines of every county, and fixes a copy in some open place of the court.
1. To board; to supply with food.2. To let one piece of timber into another by alternate scores or projections from the middle.