| 单词 | table tilting |
| 释义 | > as lemmastable tilting table tilting 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 1858 Proc. Royal Instit. 2 27 Numerous and respectable eye-witnesses, in the seventeenth-century vouched for the transit of witches on broomsticks through the air; as, in the nineteenth, have testified to table-tilting and table-turning! 1861 J. Jones Nat. & Supernatural iv. 386 At this, the rappings and table-tiltings (our hands were off the table) were repeated, and with greater force than before. 1881 Chester (Pa.) Daily Times 21 Nov. 3/2 Some table tilting was next indulged in by one of the three mediums, aided by four ladies from the audience. 2005 Derby Evening Tel. (Nexis) 22 Nov. 19 The Roman soldier and the man who had lived in the area both ‘appeared’ during a table tilting session. < as lemmas |
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