table-turnern.

Brit.

/ˈteɪblˌtəːnə/, U.S.

/ˈteɪb(ə)lˌtərnər/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: table n., turner n.¹

Etymology: < table n. + turner n.¹, after table-turning n. Compare table-rapper n.

Spiritualism.

A participant in a seance at which table-turning occurs; (also) a medium. Cf. table-rapping n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > the occult > spiritualism > [noun] > rapping or moving table (by spirit) > one who induces or believes in

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table-tipper1854

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1854 Ann. Reg. 1853 ii. Chron. 67 When the apparatus was kept in sight it proved to possess a corrective power over the mind of the table-turner.

1860 J. C. Jeaffreson Bk. about Doctors II. 38 The vagaries of..electro-biologists, spirit-rappers, and table-turners.

1919 A. Merritt Moon Pool ix. 89 Don't think I have any idea that the phenomenon is supernatural in the sense spiritualists and table turners have given that word.

1975 O. Chadwick Secularization European Mind Nineteenth Cent. iv. 88 They would almost have been as quaint as table-turners or phrenologists.

2002 D. M. Wegner Illusion Conscious Will iv. 133 The table turner expects the table to move; the dowser anticipates the rod will dip.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	table-turner
释义	table-turnern. Brit. /ˈteɪblˌtəːnə/, U.S. /ˈteɪb(ə)lˌtərnər/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: table n., turner n.¹ Etymology: < table n. + turner n.¹, after table-turning n. Compare table-rapper n. Spiritualism. A participant in a seance at which table-turning occurs; (also) a medium. Cf. table-rapping n. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > spiritualism > [noun] > rapping or moving table (by spirit) > one who induces or believes in spirit-rapper1851 rappist1853 table-rapper1854 table-tipper1854 table-turner1854 rapper1857 1854 Ann. Reg. 1853 ii. Chron. 67 When the apparatus was kept in sight it proved to possess a corrective power over the mind of the table-turner. 1860 J. C. Jeaffreson Bk. about Doctors II. 38 The vagaries of..electro-biologists, spirit-rappers, and table-turners. 1919 A. Merritt Moon Pool ix. 89 Don't think I have any idea that the phenomenon is supernatural in the sense spiritualists and table turners have given that word. 1975 O. Chadwick Secularization European Mind Nineteenth Cent. iv. 88 They would almost have been as quaint as table-turners or phrenologists. 2002 D. M. Wegner Illusion Conscious Will iv. 133 The table turner expects the table to move; the dowser anticipates the rod will dip. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1854
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