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Table \Ta"ble\ (t[=a]"b'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tabled}
(t[=a]"b'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Tabling} (t[=a]"bling).]
1. To form into a table or catalogue; to tabulate; as, to
table fines.
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2. To delineate, as on a table; to represent, as in a
picture. [Obs.]
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Tabled and pictured in the chambers of meditation.
--Bacon.
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3. To supply with food; to feed. [Obs.] --Milton.
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4. (Carp.) To insert, as one piece of timber into another, by
alternate scores or projections from the middle, to
prevent slipping; to scarf.
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5. To lay or place on a table, as money. --Carlyle.
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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.
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7. To enter upon the docket; as, to table charges against
some one.
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8. (Naut.) To make broad hems in the skirts and bottoms of
(sails) in order to strengthen them in the part attached
to the boltrope.
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