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by-table

noun

Etymology

From by- + table.

  1. derived from table
  2. derived from tabula
  3. inherited from tabele
  4. inherited from table
  5. prefixed as by-table — “by#Etymology_2 + table”

Definitions

  1. A small table intended to be placed next to the wall or in the corner of a room, often in…

    A small table intended to be placed next to the wall or in the corner of a room, often in contrast to a larger (e.g. dining) table.

    • […] hee had seene a Box of most curious worke, in-layde with Ebony and Iuory, vpon a by-Table, not farre from the Couch-Bed […]
    • This year the believer quits the by-table of ordinances, word, and sacraments in the church militant, and sits down at the high table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob;
    • […] this amiable heroine snatching up his sword, which lay upon a by-table, and unsheathing it instantaneously, presented the point to his breast,

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA