tables
plural of table
tables pl (plural only)
Backgammon.
(backgammon) The halves or quarters of a backgammon board.
Any backgammon-like board game, played on a board with two rows of 12 vertical markings called "points".
tables
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of table
• Bestla, ablest, ablets, bastle, belast, blates, bleats, stable
Source: Wiktionary
Ta"ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tableed; p. pr. & vb. n. Tableing.]
1. To form into a table or catalogue; to tabulate; as, to table fines.
2. To delineate, as on a table; to represent, as in a picture. [Obs.] Tabled and pictured in the chambers of meditation. Bacon.
3. To supply with food; to feed. [Obs.] Milton.
4. (Carp.)
Definition: To insert, as one piece of timber into another, by alternate scores or projections from the middle, to prevent slipping; to scarf.
5. To lay or place on a table, as money. Carlyle.
6. 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.
7. To enter upon the docket; as, to table charges against some one.
8. (Naut.)
Definition: To make board hems in the skirts and bottoms of (sails) in order to strengthen them in the part attached to the boltrope.
Ta"ble, v. i.
Definition: 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
12 May 2024
(verb) summon to return; “The ambassador was recalled to his country”; “The company called back many of the workers it had laid off during the recession”
Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. When coffee berries turn from green to bright red – indicating ripeness – they are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor.
