单词 | table tipping |
释义 | > as lemmastable tipping table tipping n. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > spiritualism > [noun] > rapping or moving table (by spirit) spirit rappings1846 table tipping1846 rapping1848 table-lifting1852 table-moving1852 table-turning1852 rap1853 table-rapping1853 table-tapping1854 table tilting1858 1846 G. Putnam Serm. before Legislature of Mass. 30 The fanatic finds revelation..in mesmeric developments, in spirit rappings, table tippings, in all mysterious phenomena. 1852 New Church Repository & Monthly Rev. July 337 We speak more especially of the table-knocking or table-tipping phenomena. 1855 E. Smedley et al. Occult Sci. 201 If the table-tipping be made to answer as a code of signals. 1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia XVII. 513/1 The spirits,..it is alleged, use different methods [of communication].., such as rappings, table tippings, [etc.]. 1994 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 19 Mar. b5 Crash brooks no angel nonsense, considering such things to be on par with voodoo, leprechauns, and table tipping. < as lemmas |
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