1. (n.) A forming into tables; a setting down in order.

2. (n.) The letting of one timber into another by alternate scores or projections, as in shipbuilding.

3. (n.) A broad hem on the edge of a sail.

4. (n.) Board; support.

5. (n.) Act of playing at tables. See Table, n., 10.

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