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.
(d) (Palmistry) The arrangement or disposition of the lines which appear on the inside of the hand.
Mistress of a fairer table
Hath not history for fable.
B. Jonson. 5. 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.
We may again
Give to our tables meat.
Shak.
The nymph the table spread.
Pope. 6. Hence, food placed on a table to be partaken of; fare; entertainment; as, to set a good table.
7. The company assembled round a table.
I drink the general joy of the whole table.
Shak. 8. (Anat.) One of the two, external and internal, layers of compact bone, separated by diploë, in the
walls of the cranium.
9. (Arch.) 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.
10. (Games) (a) The board on the opposite sides of which backgammon and draughts are played.
(b) One of the divisions of a backgammon board; as, to play into the right-hand table. (c) pl. The games
of backgammon and of draughts. [Obs.] Chaucer.
This is the ape of form, monsieur the nice,
That, when he plays at tables, chides the dice.
Shak. 11. (Glass Manuf.) A circular plate of crown glass.
A circular plate or table of about five feet diameter weighs on an average nine pounds.
Ure. 12. (Jewelry) The upper flat surface of a diamond or other precious stone, the sides of which are cut in
angles.
13. (Persp.) A plane surface, supposed to be transparent and perpendicular to the horizon; — called
also perspective plane.
14. (Mach.) The part of a machine tool on which the work rests and is fastened.
Bench table, Card table, Communion table, Lord's table, etc. See under Bench, Card, etc. —
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
