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• table — Platen Plat en, n. [F. platine, fr. plat flat. See {Plate}, and cf. {Platin}.] (Mach.) (a) The part of a printing press which presses the paper against the type and by which the impression is made. (b) Hence, an analogous part of a typewriter, on …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Movable type — For the weblog software, see Movable Type. Part of a series on the History of printing …   Wikipedia

• Table bridge — A table bridge is a moveable bridge in which the deck moves along the vertical axis. Hydraulic pillars under the bridge raise the bridge deck to allow barge traffic to pass beneath it. In contrast to a lift bridge, where the deck is pulled… …   Wikipedia

• movable bridge — ▪ engineering  either a drawbridge, a vertical lift bridge, a transporter bridge, or a swing (pivot) bridge. The drawbridge, or bascule, is the best known; it may be single or double leafed. It originated in medieval Europe, probably Normandy, as …   Universalium

• table dormant — noun Etymology: Middle English, dormant table, from Middle French : the first permanent type of table to replace the movable board on trestles in the medieval period …   Useful english dictionary

• Coffee table book — A group of art related coffee table books resting on a coffee table …   Wikipedia

• Time-table — Time ta ble, n. 1. A tabular statement of the time at which, or within which, several things are to take place, as the recitations in a school, the departure and arrival of railroad trains or other public conveyances, the rise and fall of the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Traverse table — Traverse Trav erse, n. [F. traverse. See {Traverse}, a.] 1. Anything that traverses, or crosses. Specifically: [1913 Webster] (a) Something that thwarts, crosses, or obstructs; a cross accident; as, he would have succeeded, had it not been for… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• tilt-top table — /tilt top / a pedestal table having a top that can be tilted vertically. * * * ▪ furniture       table, the top of which is hinged to a central pedestal in such a way that it can be turned from a horizontal to a vertical position and, thereby,… …   Universalium

• trestle table — 1. a table having transverse slabs or rigid frames for supports, and usually strengthened by a long stretcher. 2. a table composed of a movable top supported by trestles. [1890 95] * * * …   Universalium

• harlequin table — noun Etymology: probably so called from a resemblance between the movable set of drawers and some of the stage machinery of the commedia dell arte : a little 18th century English table convertible into a writing desk by means of a set of drawers… …   Useful english dictionary