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ˈwriting-table
[writing vbl. n. 12 e + table n.]
†1. A small thin tablet, sheet, or plate of wood, ivory, or other material for writing (esp. notes or memoranda) upon; a writing-tablet; = table n. 2 b. Cf. tablet n. 1 c. Usu. pl. Obs.
1526Tindale Luke i. 63 Zacari..axed for wrytynge tables and wroote. 1589Nashe Pasquill's Counter-C. A ij b, A newe paire of Writing-tables with profitable Notes for that quarter. 1625K. Long tr. Barclay's Argenis iv. iii. 242 She taketh up her Writing-Tables, in which she writeth these lynes. 1696in Harl. Misc. (1744) I. 512 Writing-tables Paper's Place supply'd. 1829J. Murray Pract. Rem. Mod. Paper 15 The use of lead as the material of the writing table.
†2. = escritoire. Obs.
1712Swift Jrnl. to Stella 30 Oct., Lady Orkney is making me a writing-table. 1722Lond. Gaz. No. 6119/3 [He] took with him a Writing Table, containing 15 Drawers.
3. A table used, suitable, or adapted for writing on, having usu. drawers and other accessories or conveniences.
1833Loudon Encycl. Archit. §2096 A handsome writing-table, with numerous drawers and divisions for containing papers, money, &c. 1862–[see knee-hole]. 1891Kipling Light that Failed (1900) 227 Torpenhow brought him the money..and carefully put it away in the writing-table.
attrib.1893M. Cholmondeley Diana Tempest xi, The little pile..that you wound up, and put in your writing-table drawer.
b. = writing-board.
1875Knight Dict. Mech. 2823 The writing table lets down, exposing a number of drawers, shelves, and pigeon-holes.
So writing-tablet, = sense 1 above; also, a pad (pad n.3 4) of paper for making notes, etc.; = tablet n. 1 e.
1829J. Murray Pract. Rem. Mod. Paper 17 There are writing tablets of ivory, and of wax. 1831Patents (1869) 31 A durable copy book or writing tablet. 1891Smith's Dict. Antiq. II. 753 Ordinary Greek writing tablets. 1895Army & Navy Co-op. Soc. Price List 619 Writing Tablets. ‘The Remember.’ Bound in long-grained, polished French Morocco. The Refills are made to slip in and out of case. 1917Harrods General Catal. 296/2 Writing tablets. For Scribbling Memoranda and for School Purposes. |