Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
table-tipping .
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Examples
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The movement was formally established in 1926, six years after a government functionary named Ngo Ming Chieu received a revelation from Duc Cao Dai, the Supreme Being, during a table-moving séance.
Oh, Gods! 2002
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The movement was formally established in 1926, six years after a government functionary named Ngo Ming Chieu received a revelation from Duc Cao Dai, the Supreme Being, during a table-moving séance.
Oh, Gods! 2002
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Let us take it for granted that his theory of a nervous fluid, which is the agent in table-moving, [57] is the true one.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 77, March, 1864 Various
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Soon after this, circles began to be formed in my native town, for the purpose of table-moving.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 38, December, 1860 Various
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I met some friends, however, who were interested in the matter, and I sat with them at some table-moving seances.
The New Revelation 1918
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I met some friends, however, who were interested in the matter, and I sat with them at some table-moving seances.
The New Revelation 1918
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You can believe in table-moving, because that may be 'electricity;' but you can't believe in the 'rapping spirits,' with the history of whom these movements are undeniably connected, because it's 'a jump. '
The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning Browning, Elizabeth B 1898
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It was a case of pure madness (for people of the world), just like table-moving and spirit-rapping and the 'hands'!
The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning Browning, Elizabeth B 1898
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The 'tables' are speaking alphabetically and intelligently in Paris; they knock with their legs on the floor, establishing (what was clear enough before to me) the connection between the table-moving and 'rapping spirits.'
The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning Browning, Elizabeth B 1898
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Dr. Andrée proceeds to relate that the information respecting table-moving was communicated in a letter, brought through that ship, from a native of
vendingmachine commented on the word table-moving
See table-tipping, spirit-rapping.
March 7, 2016
vendingmachine commented on the word table-moving
"The question was asked if it were possible to establish communication with the dead, and whether it was wise or advisable to attend séances or to engage in table-turning, spirit-rapping, etc."
March 7, 2016