Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In the manner of a table.
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- adverb Positioned in a way that suggests the shape of a table.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Those simples jointly occupy a statue-shaped region of space, jointly resemble the biblical king David, and jointly sit on some simples arranged tablewise.
Material Constitution Wasserman, Ryan 2009
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There were few chimneys, except in the larger houses, and no shop windows; a large wooden shutter fixed below the window covered it at night, and in the day it was let down to hang, tablewise, as a counter whereon the goods sold by the owner were displayed.
The White Lady of Hazelwood A Tale of the Fourteenth Century Emily Sarah Holt 1864
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You Enter a large jsle just in the Middle that runns quite aCross through the Church, and divides the body of the Church wth ye pulpet and pews on one Side with a partition of wood Carv'd, and on the other side was such another partition for ye Chancell, and I observ'd there their alter stood tablewise for ye Comunion just in the middle of ye Chancell, as it was in the primitive tymes before Popery Came in.
Through England on a Side Saddle in the Time of William and Mary 1888
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The nihilist is also committed to the denial of tables, and will offer paraphrases (˜simples arranged tablewise™) and tacit fictions (the ˜fiction™ of composition). [
Monism Schaffer, Jonathan 2007
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