TABLE
ADVERBS
► UNDERBOARD under the table → a1548 obs.
NOUNS
► BEOD a table → c1000 obs.
► BOARD a table; a tailor’s table → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► CAIN (AND ABEL) a table → 1857 UK rhyming sl.
► MAHOGANY a table, esp. a dining table → 1840 colloq.
► MAHOGANY TREE a dining table → 1747 jocular usage
► MEAT-TABLE a dining table → 1381 obs.
► SHAMBLE a table or counter for displaying goods for sale, counting money, etc. → OE obs.
► TABLING tables collectively → 1892
► TAFFEL ► TAFFIL ► TATHIL a table → 1633 Sc. obs.
VERBS
► BEGIN THE BOARD to sit at the head of the table → c1386 obs.
► BUNCH UP to clear the table, remove the dishes from the table → 1968 Amer. dial.
► REDD OFF to clear off a table, esp. after a meal → 1940 Amer. dial.
► REDD UP ► RED UP to clear off a table, esp. after a meal → 1942 Amer. dial.
► RID UP to clear off a table, esp. after a meal → 1965 Amer. dial.
► SET BY to take one’s place at the table; often used as an invitation to dine → 1902 Amer. dial.
► SET OFF to clear a table → 1950 Amer. dial.
► SET UP to pull one’s chair up to the table, to take one’s seat for a meal → 1843 Amer. dial.
► SIDE THE TABLE to clear the table → 1950 Amer. dial.
► SIT BY to take one’s place at the table; often used as an invitation to dine → 1902 Amer. dial.
► SIT UP to pull one’s chair up to the table, to take one’s seat for a meal → 1843 Amer. dial.
► TAKE UP THE TABLE to clear the table after a meal → a1300 obs.