Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter T - Page 1
T () The twentieth letter of the English alphabet, is a nonvocal consonant. With the letter h it forms the digraph th, which has two distinct sounds, as in thin, then. See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect]262-264, and also [sect][sect]153, 156, 169, 172, 176, 178-180.
The letter derives its name and form from the Latin, the form of the Latin letter being further derived through the Greek from the Ph[oe]nician. The ultimate origin is probably Egyptian. It is etymologically most nearly related to d, s, th; as in tug, duke; two, dual, L. duo; resin, L. resina, Gr. "rhti`nh, tent, tense, a., tenuous, thin; nostril, thrill. See D, S.
T bandage (Surg.), A bandage shaped like the letter T, and used principally for application to the groin, or perineum.
T cart, A kind of fashionable two seated wagon for pleasure driving.
T iron. (a) A rod with a short crosspiece at the end, -- used as a hook.
T iron. (b) Iron in bars, having a cross section formed like the letter T, -- used in structures.
T rail, A kind of rail for railroad tracks, having no flange at the bottom so that a section resembles the letter T.
T square, A ruler having a crosspiece or head at one end, for the purpose of making parallel lines; -- so called from its shape. It is laid on a drawing board and guided by the crosspiece, which is pressed against the straight edge of the board. Sometimes the head is arranged to be set at different angles.
To a T, Exactly, perfectly; as, to suit to a T. [Colloq.]
T (n.) A base found in DNA (but not in RNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine [syn: thymine, T].
T (n.) One of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose) [syn: deoxythymidine monophosphate, T].
T (n.) A unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms [syn: metric ton, MT, tonne, t].
T (n.) The 20th letter of the Roman alphabet [syn: T, t].
T (n.) Thyroid hormone similar to thyroxine but with one less iodine atom per molecule and produced in smaller quantity; exerts the same biological effects as thyroxine but is more potent and briefer [syn: triiodothyronine, liothyronine, T].
T (n.) Hormone produced by the thyroid glands to regulate metabolism by controlling the rate of oxidation in cells; "thyroxine is 65% iodine" [syn: thyroxine, thyroxin, tetraiodothyronine, T].
T, () [From LISP terminology for ?true?] Yes. Used in reply to a question (particularly one asked using The -P convention). In LISP, the constant T means ?true?, among other things. Some Lisp hackers use ?T? and ?NIL? instead of ?Yes? and ?No? almost reflexively. This sometimes causes misunderstandings. When a waiter or flight attendant asks whether a hacker wants coffee, he may absently respond ?T?, meaning that he wants coffee; but of course he will be brought a cup of tea instead. Fortunately, most hackers (particularly those who frequent Chinese restaurants) like tea at least as well as coffee ? so it is not that big a problem.
T, () See time T (also since time T equals minus infinity).
T, () [Techspeak] In transaction-processing circles, an abbreviation for the noun ?transaction?.
T, () [Purdue] Alternate spelling of tee.
T, () A dialect of LISP developed at Yale. (There is an intended allusion to NIL, ?New Implementation of Lisp?, another dialect of Lisp developed for the VAX)
T, () T Lisp; () True. A Lisp compiler by Johnathan A. Rees in 1982 at Yale University. T has static scope and is a near-superset of Scheme. Unix source is available. T is written in itself and compiles to efficient native code. Used as the basis for the Yale Haskell system. Maintained by David Kranz . A multiprocessing version of T is available Runs on Decstation, SPARC, Sun-3, Vax under Unix, Encore, HP, Apollo, Macintosh under A/UX. (1991-11-26) ["The T Manual", Johnathan A. Rees et al, Yale U, 1984].
T, () T Lisp; () A functional language.
["T: A Simple Reduction Language Based on Combinatory Term Rewriting", Ida et al, Proc of Prog Future Generation Computers, 1988].
T, () T Lisp; () (Lower case) The Lisp atom used to represent "true", among other things. "false" is represented using the same atom as an empty list, nil. This overloading of the basic constants of the language helps to make Lisp write-only code.
T, () T Lisp; () In transaction-processing circles, an abbreviation for "transaction".
T, () T Lisp; () (Purdue) An alternative spelling of "{tee".
T, () The twentieth letter of the English alphabet, was by the Greeks absurdly called _tau_. In the alphabet whence ours comes it had the form of the rude corkscrew of the period, and when it stood alone (which was more than the Phoenicians could always do) signified _Tallegal_, translated by the learned Dr. Brownrigg, "tanglefoot".
Ta (v. t.) To take. [Obs. or Scot.] -- Cursor Mundi.
Note: Used by Chaucer to represent a peculiarity of the Northern dialect.
Ta (n.) A hard grey lustrous metallic element that is highly resistant to corrosion; occurs in niobite and fergusonite and tantalite [syn: tantalum, Ta, atomic number 73].
TA, () Transmitter Address (FPK)
TA, () TerminalAdapter (ISDN)
Terminal Adaptor
TA
Terminal adapter
(TA) Equipment used to adapt Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) Basic Rate Interface (BRI) channels to existing terminal equipment standards such as EIA-232 and V.35. A Terminal Adaptor is typically packaged like a modem, either as a stand-alone unit or as an interface card that plugs into a computer or other communications equipment (such as a router or PBX). A Terminal Adaptor does not interoperate with a modem; it replaces it. [ISDN FAQ]. (1994-10-03)
Taas (n.) A heap. See Tas. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Tab (n.) The flap or latchet of a shoe fastened with a string or a buckle.
Tab (n.) A tag. See Tag, 2.
Tab (n.) A loop for pulling or lifting something.
Tab (n.) A border of lace or other material, worn on the inner front edge of ladies' bonnets.
Tab (n.) A loose pendent part of a lady's garment; esp., one of a series of pendent squares forming an edge or border.
Tab (n.) A small projecting piece of a file folder, file card, or similar sheet used in a filing system, on which a notation is written to permit convenient search for the folder, card, etc.
Tab (n.) A bill or check for some purchase, as in a restaurant; as, the salesman will pick up the tab.
Tab (n.) A key on a typewriter or computer keyboard which advances the carriage or curser to the next (preset) tab position; -- used especially to type or print text or numbers in columns.
Tab (n.) The bill in a restaurant; "he asked the waiter for the check" [syn: check, chit, tab].
Tab (n.) Sensationalist journalism [syn: yellow journalism, tabloid, tab].
Tab (n.) The key on a typewriter or a word processor that causes a tabulation [syn: tab key, tab].
Tab (n.) A short strip of material attached to or projecting from something in order to facilitate opening or identifying or handling it; "pull the tab to open the can"; "files with a red tab will be stored separately"; "the collar has a tab with a button hole"; "the filing cards were organized by cards having indexed tabs".
Tab (n.) A dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet [syn: pill, lozenge, tablet, tab].
Horizontal tabulation
\t
HT
TAB
(tab, Control-I, HT, ASCII 9) A character which when displayed or printed causes the following character to be placed at the next "tabstop" - the column whose number is a multiple of the current tab width. Commonly (especially in Unix(?)) the tab width is eight, so, counting from the left margin (column zero), the tab stops are at columns 8, 16, 24, up to the width of the screen or page.
A tab width of four or two is often preferred when indenting program source code to conserve indentation.
Represented as "\t" in C, Unix, and derivatives. (1999-07-05)
Tabacco (n.) Tobacco. [Obs.] -- B. Jonson.
Tabanus (n.) (Zool.) A genus of blood sucking flies, including the horseflies.
Tabard (n.) A sort of tunic or mantle formerly worn for protection from the weather.
When worn over the armor it was commonly emblazoned with the arms of the wearer, and from this the name was given to the garment adopted for heralds. [Spelt also taberd.]
In a
tabard he [the Plowman] rode upon a mare. -- Chaucer.
Tabard (n.) A short sleeveless outer tunic emblazoned with a
coat of arms; worn by a knight over his armor or by a herald.
Tabarder (n.) One who wears a tabard.
Tabarder (n.) A scholar on the
foundation of Queen's College,
Tabaret (n.) A stout silk having satin stripes, -- used for furniture.
Tabasheer (n.) A concretion in the joints of the bamboo, which consists largely or chiefly of pure silica.
It is
highly valued in the
Tabbinet (n.) A fabric like poplin, with a watered surface. [Written also tabinet.]
Tabbies (n. pl. ) of Tabby.
Tabby (n.) A kind of waved silk, usually called watered silk, manufactured like taffeta, but thicker and stronger. The watering is given to it by calendering.
Tabby (n.) A mixture of lime with shells, gravel, or stones, in equal proportions, with an equal proportion of water. When dry, this becomes as hard as rock. -- Weale.
Tabby (n.) A brindled cat; hence, popularly, any cat.
Tabby (n.) An old maid or gossip. [Colloq.] -- Byron.
Tabby (a.) Having a wavy or watered appearance; as, a tabby waistcoat. -- Pepys.
Tabby (a.) Brindled; diversified in color; as, a tabby cat.
Tabby moth (Zool.), The grease moth. See under Grease.
Tabbied (imp. & p. p.) of Tabby.
Tabbying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tabby.
Tabby (v. t.) To water; to cause to look wavy, by the process of calendering; to calender; as, to tabby silk, mohair, ribbon, etc.
Tabby (a.) Having a grey or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring; used especially of the patterned fur of cats [syn: brindled, brindle, brinded, tabby].
Tabby (n.) A cat with a grey or tawny coat mottled with black [syn: tabby, tabby cat].
Tabby (n.) Female cat [syn: tabby, queen].
Tabefaction (n.) A wasting away; a gradual losing of flesh by disease.
Tabefied (imp. & p. p.) of Tabefy.
Tabefying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tabefy.
Tabefy (v. t.) To cause to waste gradually, to emaciate. [R.] -- Harvey.
Tabellion (n.) A secretary or
notary under the Roman empire; also, a similar officer in
Taber (v. i.) Same as Tabor. --Nahum ii. 7.
Compare: Tabor
Tabor (n.) (Mus.) A small drum used as an accompaniment to a pipe or fife, both being played by the same person. [Written also tabour, and taber.]
Compare: Tabard
Tabard (n.) A sort of tunic or mantle formerly worn for protection from the weather. When worn over the armor it was commonly emblazoned with the arms of the wearer, and from this the name was given to the garment adopted for heralds. [Spelt also taberd.]
In a tabard he [the Plowman] rode upon a mare. -- Chaucer.
Taberd (n.) See Tabard.
Tabernacle (n.) A slightly built or temporary habitation; especially, a tent.
Dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob. -- Heb. xi. 9.
Orange trees planted in the ground, and secured in winter with a wooden tabernacle and stoves. -- Evelyn.
Tabernacle (n.) (Jewish Antiq.) A portable structure of wooden framework covered with curtains, which was carried through the wilderness in the Israelitish exodus, as a place of sacrifice and worship.
Tabernacle (n.) Hence, the Jewish temple; sometimes, any other place for worship. -- Ex. xxvi.
Tabernacle (n.) Hence, the Jewish temple; sometimes, any other place for worship. -- Acts xv. 16.
Tabernacle (n.) Figuratively: The human body, as the temporary abode of the soul.
Shortly I must put off this my tabernacle. -- 2 Pet. i. 14.
Tabernacle (n.) Any small cell, or like place, in which some holy or precious things was deposited or kept. Specifically:
Tabernacle (n.) The ornamental receptacle for the pyx, or for the consecrated elements, whether a part of a building or movable.
Tabernacle (n.) A niche for the image of a saint, or for any sacred painting or sculpture.
Tabernacle (n.) Hence, a work of art of sacred subject, having a partially architectural character, as a solid frame resting on a bracket, or the like.
Tabernacle (n.) A tryptich for sacred imagery.
Tabernacle (n.) A seat or stall in a choir, with its canopy.
Tabernacle (n.) (Naut.) A boxlike step for a mast with the after side open, so that the mast can be lowered to pass under bridges, etc.
Feast of Tabernacles (Jewish Antiq.), One of the three principal festivals of the Jews, lasting seven days, during which the people dwelt in booths formed of the boughs of trees, in commemoration of the habitation of their ancestors in similar dwellings during their pilgrimage in the wilderness.
Tabernacle work, Rich canopy work like that over the head of niches, used over seats or stalls, or over sepulchral monuments. -- Oxf. Gloss.
Tabernacled (imp. & p. p.) of Tabernacle.
Tabernacling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tabernacle.
Tabernacle (v. i.) To dwell or reside for a time; to be temporary housed.
He assumed our nature, and tabernacled among us in the flesh. -- Dr. J. Scott.
Tabernacle (n.) The Mormon temple [syn: Tabernacle, Mormon Tabernacle].
Tabernacle (n.) (Judaism) A portable sanctuary in which the Jews carried the Ark of the Covenant on their exodus.
Tabernacle (n.) (Judaism) The place of worship for a Jewish congregation [syn: synagogue, temple, tabernacle].
Tabernacle, () A house or dwelling-place (Job 5:24; 18:6, etc.).
Tabernacle, () A portable shrine (comp. Acts 19:24) containing the image of Moloch (Amos 5:26; marg. and R.V., "Siccuth").
Tabernacle, () The human body (2 Cor. 5:1, 4); a tent, as opposed to a permanent dwelling.
Tabernacle, () The sacred tent (Heb. mishkan, "the dwelling-place"); the movable tent-temple which Moses erected for the service of God, according to the "pattern" which God himself showed to him on the mount (Ex. 25:9; Heb. 8:5). It is called "the tabernacle of the congregation," rather "of meeting", i.e., where God promised to meet with Israel (Ex. 29:42); the "tabernacle of the testimony" (Ex. 38:21; Num. 1:50), which does not, however, designate the whole structure, but only the enclosure which contained the "ark of the testimony" (Ex. 25:16, 22; Num. 9:15); the "tabernacle of witness" (Num. 17:8); the "house of the Lord" (Deut. 23:18); the "temple of the Lord" (Josh. 6:24); a "sanctuary" (Ex. 25:8).
A particular account of the materials which the people provided for the erection and of the building itself is recorded in Ex. 25-40. The execution of the plan mysteriously given to Moses was intrusted to Bezaleel and Aholiab, who were specially endowed with wisdom and artistic skill, probably gained in Egypt, for this purpose (Ex. 35:30-35). The people provided materials for the tabernacle so abundantly that Moses was under the necessity of restraining them (36:6). These stores, from which they so liberally contributed for this purpose, must have consisted in a great part of the gifts which the Egyptians so readily bestowed on them on the eve of the Exodus (12:35, 36).
The tabernacle was a rectangular enclosure, in length about 45 feet (i.e., reckoning a cubit at 18 inches) and in breadth and height about 15. Its two sides and its western end were made of boards of acacia wood, placed on end, resting in sockets of brass, the eastern end being left open (Ex. 26:22). This framework was covered with four coverings, the first of linen, in which figures of the symbolic cherubim were wrought with needlework in blue and purple and scarlet threads, and probably also with threads of gold (Ex. 26:1-6; 36:8-13). Above this was a second covering of twelve curtains of black goats'-hair cloth, reaching down on the outside almost to the ground (Ex. 26:7-11).
The third covering was of rams' skins dyed red, and the fourth was of badgers' skins (Heb. tahash, i.e., the dugong, a species of seal), Ex. 25:5; 26:14; 35:7, 23; 36:19; 39:34.
Internally it was divided by a veil into two chambers, the exterior of which was called the holy place, also "the sanctuary" (Heb. 9:2) and the "first tabernacle" (6); and the interior, the holy of holies, "the holy place," "the Holiest," the "second tabernacle" (Ex. 28:29; Heb. 9:3, 7). The veil separating these two chambers was a double curtain of the finest workmanship, which was never passed except by the high priest once a year, on the great Day of Atonement. The holy place was separated from the outer court which enclosed the tabernacle by a curtain, which hung over the six pillars which stood at the east end of the tabernacle, and by which it was entered.
The order as well as the typical character of the services of the tabernacle are recorded in Heb. 9; 10:19-22.
The holy of holies, a cube of 10 cubits, contained the "ark of the testimony", i.e., the oblong chest containing the two tables of stone, the pot of manna, and Aaron's rod that budded.
The holy place was the western and larger chamber of the tabernacle. Here were placed the table for the shewbread, the golden candlestick, and the golden altar of incense.
Round about the tabernacle was a court, enclosed by curtains hung upon sixty pillars (Ex. 27:9-18). This court was 150 feet long and 75 feet broad. Within it were placed the altar of burnt offering, which measured 7 1/2 feet in length and breadth and 4 1/2 feet high, with horns at the four corners, and the laver of brass (Ex. 30:18), which stood between the altar and the tabernacle.
The whole tabernacle was completed in seven months.
On the first day of the first month of the second year after the Exodus, it was formally set up, and the cloud of the divine presence descended on it (Ex. 39:22-43; 40:1-38). It cost 29 talents 730 shekels of gold, 100 talents 1,775 shekels of silver, 70 talents 2,400 shekels of brass (Ex. 38:24-31).
The tabernacle was so constructed that it could easily be taken down and conveyed from place to place during the wanderings in the wilderness. The first encampment of the Israelites after crossing the Jordan was at Gilgal, and there the tabernacle remained for seven years (Josh. 4:19).
It was afterwards removed to Shiloh (Josh. 18:1), where it remained during the time of the Judges, till the days of Eli, when the ark, having been carried out into the camp when the Israelites were at war with the Philistines, was taken by the enemy (1 Sam. 4), and was never afterwards restored to its place in the tabernacle.
The old tabernacle erected by Moses in the wilderness was transferred to Nob (1 Sam. 21:1), and after the destruction of that city by Saul (22:9; 1 Chr. 16:39, 40), to Gibeon.
It is mentioned for the last time in 1 Chr. 21:29. A new tabernacle was erected by David at Jerusalem (2 Sam. 6:17; 1 Chr. 16:1), and the ark was brought from Perez-uzzah and deposited in it (2 Sam. 6:8-17; 2 Chr. 1:4).
The word thus rendered ('ohel) in Ex. 33:7 denotes simply a tent, probably Moses' own tent, for the tabernacle was not yet erected.
Tabernacular (a.) Of or pertaining to a tabernacle, especially the Jewish tabernacle.
Tabernacular (a.) Formed in latticework; latticed. -- T. Warton.
Tabernacular (a.) Of or pertaining to huts or booths; hence, common; low. "Horribly tabernacular." -- De Quincey.
Tabes (n.) (Med.) Progressive emaciation of the body, accompained with hectic fever, with no well-marked logical symptoms.
Tabes dorsalis, () [NL., tabes of the back], locomotor ataxia; -- sometimes called simply tabes.
Tabes
mesenterica, ()
[NL., mesenteric tabes], a wasting disease of childhood characterized by
chronic inflammation of the lymphatic glands of the mesentery, attended
with caseous degeneration.
Tabes (n.) Wasting of the body during a chronic disease.
Tabescent (a.) Withering, or wasting away.
Tabetic (a.) (Med.) Of or pertaining to tabes; of the nature of tabes; affected with tabes; tabid.
Tabetic (n.) One affected with tabes.
Tabid (a.) (Med.) Affected by tabes; tabetic.
In tabid persons, milk is the bset restorative. -- Arbuthnot. -- Tab"id*ly, adv. -- Tab"id*ness, n. Tabific
Tabific (a.) Alt. of Tabifical.
Tabifical (a.) (Med.) Producing tabes; wasting; tabefying.
Compare: Tabbinet
Tabbinet (n.) A fabric like poplin, with a watered surface. [Written also tabinet.]
Tabinet (n.) See Tabbinet. -- Thackeray.
Tablature (n.) (Paint.) A painting on a wall or ceiling; a single piece comprehended in one view, and formed according to one design; hence, a picture in general. -- Shaftesbury.
Tablature (n.) (Mus.) An ancient mode of indicating musical sounds by letters and other signs instead of by notes.
The chimes of bells are so rarely managed that I went up to that of Sir Nicholas, where I found who played all sorts of compositions from the tablature before him as if he had fingered an organ. -- Evelyn.
Tablature (n.) (Anat.) Division into plates or tables with intervening spaces; as, the tablature of the cranial bones.
Tablature (n.) A musical notation indicating the fingering to be used.
Compare: Platen
Platen (n.) (Mach.) The part of a printing press which presses the paper against the type and by which the impression is made.
Platen (n.) (Mach.) Hence, an analogous part of a typewriter, on which the paper rests to receive an impression.
Platen (n.) (Mach.) The movable table of a machine tool, as a planer, on which the work is fastened, and presented to the action of the tool; -- also called table.
Table (n.) A smooth, flat surface, like the side of a board; a thin, flat, smooth piece of anything; a slab.
A bagnio paved with fair tables of marble. -- Sandys.
Table (n.) A thin, flat piece of wood, stone, metal, or other material, on which anything is cut, traced, written, or painted; a tablet.
Table (n.) pl. A memorandum book. "The names . . . written on his tables." -- Chaucer.
And the Lord said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first, and I will write upon these tables the words that were in the first tables, which thou brakest. -- Ex. xxxiv. 1.
And stand there with your tables to glean The golden sentences. -- Beau. & Fl.
Table (n.) Any smooth, flat surface upon which an inscription, a drawing, or the like, may be produced. "Painted in a table plain." -- Spenser.
The opposite walls are painted by Rubens, which, with that other of the Infanta taking leave of Don Philip, is a most incomparable table. -- Evelyn.
St. Antony has a table that hangs up to him from a poor peasant. -- Addison.
Table (n.) 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. Specifically:
Table (n.) (Bibliog.) 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.
Table (n.) (Chem.) A list of substances and their properties; especially, a list of the elementary substances with their atomic weights, densities, symbols, etc.
Table (n.) (Mathematics, Science and Technology) 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.
Table (n.) (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.
Table (n.) 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.
Table (n.) Hence, food placed on a table to be partaken of; fare; entertainment; as, to set a good table.
Table (n.) The company assembled round a table.
I drink the general joy of the whole table. -- Shak.
Table (n.) (Anat.) One of the two, external and internal, layers of compact bone, separated by diploe, in the walls of the cranium.
Table (n.) (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.
Table (n.) (Games) The board on the opposite sides of which backgammon and draughts are played.
Table (n.) (Games) One of the divisions of a backgammon board; as, to play into the right-hand table.
Table (n.) (Games) 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.
Table (n.) (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.
Table (n.) (Jewelry) The upper flat surface of a diamond or other precious stone, the sides of which are cut in angles.
Table (n.) (Persp.) A plane surface, supposed to be transparent and perpendicular to the horizon; -- called also perspective plane.
Table (n.) (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 bishop or religious, reserved or appropriated to his table or housekeeping. -- Burrill.
Table shore (Naut.), A low, level shore.
Table talk, Conversation at table, or at meals.
Table talker, One who talks at table.
Table tipping, Table turning, certain movements of tables, etc., attributed by some to the agency of departed spirits, and by others to the development of latent vital or spriritual forces, but more commonly ascribed to the muscular force of persons in connection with the objects moved, or to physical force applied otherwise.
Tables of a girder or Tables of a chord (Engin.), The upper and lower horizontal members.
To lay on the table, In parliamentary usage, to lay, as a report, motion, etc., on the table of the presiding officer, -- that is, to postpone the consideration of, by a vote; -- also called to table . It is a tactic often used with the intention of postponing consideration of a motion indefinitely, that is, to kill the motion.
To serve tables (Script.), To provide for the poor, or to distribute provisions for their wants. --Acts vi. 2.
To turn the tables, To change the condition or fortune of contending parties; -- a metaphorical expression taken from the vicissitudes of fortune in gaming.
Twelve tables (Rom. Antiq.), A celebrated body of Roman laws, framed by decemvirs appointed 450 years before Christ, on the return of deputies or commissioners who had been sent to Greece to examine into foreign laws and institutions. They consisted partly of laws transcribed from the institutions of other nations, partly of such as were altered and accommodated to the manners of the Romans, partly of new provisions, and mainly, perhaps, of laws and usages under their ancient kings. -- Burrill.
Tableed (imp. & p. p.) of Table.
Tableing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Table.
Table (v. t.) To form into a table or catalogue; to tabulate; as, to table fines.
Table (v. t.) To delineate, as
on a table; to represent, as in a picture. [Obs.]
Tabled and pictured in the chambers of meditation. -- Bacon.
Table (v. t.) To supply with food; to feed. [Obs.] -- Milton.
Table (v. t.) (Carp.) To insert, as one piece of timber into another, by alternate scores or projections from the middle, to prevent slipping; to scarf.
Table (v. t.) To lay or place on a table, as money. -- Carlyle.
Table (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.
Table (v. t.) To enter upon the docket; as, to table charges against some one.
Table (v. t.) (Naut.) To make board hems in the skirts and bottoms of (sails) in order to strengthen them in the part attached to the boltrope.
Table (v. i.) 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.
Table (n.) A set of data arranged in rows and columns; "see table 1" [syn: table, tabular array].
Table (n.) A piece of furniture having a smooth flat top that is usually supported by one or more vertical legs; "it was a sturdy table".
Table (n.) A piece of furniture with tableware for a meal laid out on it; "I reserved a table at my favorite restaurant".
Table (n.) Flat tableland with steep edges; "the tribe was relatively safe on the mesa but they had to descend into the valley for water" [syn: mesa, table].
Table (n.) A company of people assembled at a table for a meal or game; "he entertained the whole table with his witty remarks".
Table (n.) Food or meals in general; "she sets a fine table"; "room and board" [syn: board, table].
Table (v.) Hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam" [syn: postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, defer, remit, put off].
Table (v.) Arrange or enter in tabular form [syn: table, tabularize, tabularise, tabulate].
Table, () A collection of records in a relational database. (1997-06-04)
TABLES. () A synopsis in which many particulars are brought together in a general view; as genealogical tables, which are composed of the names of persons belonging to a family. 2 Bouv. Inst. n. 1963-4. Vide Law of the Twelve Tables.
Tableaux (n. pl. ) of Tableau.
Tableau (n.) A striking and vivid representation; a picture.
Tableau (n.) A representation of some scene by means of persons grouped in the proper manner, placed in appropriate postures, and remaining silent and motionless.
Tableau (n.) (Solitaire) The arrangement, or layout, of cards.
Tableaux vivants (n. pl. ) of Tableau vivant.
Tableau vivant () Same as Tableau, n., 2.
Tablebook (n.) 裝飾用的書；備忘錄 A tablet; a notebook.
Put into your tablebook whatever you judge worthy. -- Dryden.
Tablecloth (n.) 桌布，檯布 A cloth for covering a table, especially one with which a table is covered before the dishes, etc., are set on for meals.
Tablecloth (n.) A covering spread over a dining table.
Tablecloth (n.) [ C ] [B2] A large piece of cloth that covers a table during a meal and protects or decorates it.