table

Definitions

1. 1.To delineate, as on a table; to represent, as in a picture. [Obs.] Tabled and pictured in the chambers of meditation. Bacon.
2. 2.To supply with food; to feed. [Obs.] Milton.
3. 3.(Carp.) To insert, as one piece of timber into another, by alternate scores or projections from the middle, to prevent slipping; to scarf.
4. 4.To lay or place on a table, as money. Carlyle.
5. 5.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.
6. 6.To enter upon the docket; as, to table charges against some one.
7. 7.(Naut.) To make board hems in the skirts and bottoms of (sails) in order to strengthen them in the part attached to the boltrope.
8. 8.To live at the table of another; to board; to eat. [Obs.] "He . . . was driven from the society of men to table with the beasts." South.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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Definition-first questions whose answer is table.

• What is to delineate, as on a table; to represent, as in a picture. [Obs.] Tabled and pictured in the chambers of meditation. Bacon called?
• What is to supply with food; to feed. [Obs.] Milton called?
• What is to insert, as one piece of timber into another, by alternate scores or projections from the middle, to prevent slipping; to scarf called?
• What is to lay or place on a table, as money. Carlyle called?
• What is 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 called?
• What is to enter upon the docket; as, to table charges against some one called?
• What is to make board hems in the skirts and bottoms of (sails) in order to strengthen them in the part attached to the boltrope called?
• What is to live at the table of another; to board; to eat. [Obs.] "He . . . was driven from the society of men to table with the beasts." South called?