Shak.
8. (Anat.) One of the two, external and internal, layers of compact
bone, separated by diploë, in the walls of the cranium.
9. (Arch.) A stringcourse which includes an offset; esp., a band of
stone, or the like, set where an offset is required, so as to make it
decorative. See Water table.
10. (Games) (a) The board on the opposite sides of which backgammon and
draughts are played. (b) One of the divisions of a backgammon board;
as, to play into the right-hand table. (c) pl. The games of backgammon
and of draughts. [Obs.] Chaucer.
This is the ape of form, monsieur the nice, That, when he plays at
tables, chides the dice.
Shak.