单词 | to play at tables |
释义 | > as lemmasto play at (the) tables 18. In plural. The game of backgammon; (also, esp. in early use) a similar game; any board game played with dice. Frequently in to play at (the) tables. Formerly also: †the pieces used in playing such a game (obsolete). Cf. sense 4. Now historical.The common name of the game until the middle of the 18th cent. In later use, esp. in to play at tables, often associated with sense 4b. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > a company or body of persons > [noun] > at table tablesc1325 tableful1535 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > backgammon > [noun] tablesc1325 backgammon1647 gammon1699 backgame1718 c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) l. 3965 (MED) Þe kniȝtes atyled hom..to prouy hor bachelerye, Some wiþ launce & some wiþ suerd wiþoute vileynie, Wiþ pleynde atte tables oþer atte chekere. c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 1227 (MED) His harp, his croude was rike; His tables, his ches he bare. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 28338 (MED) I ha me liked..Til idel gammes, chess and tablis. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) i. l. 11150 Som plaied with deeȝ at tables [a1450 Lamb. & tables]. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Parson's Tale (Ellesmere) (1877) §793 Now comth hasardrie with hise apurtenances, as tables and Rafles, of which comth deceite. 1472 in J. Raine Vol. Eng. Misc. N. Counties Eng. (1890) 25 John Coke..suffers me[n] to play in his hous at the tablez for mony by nyghtez. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. cxlixv A proclamacion..against al vnlawfull games..in all places, Tables, Dice, Cardes, and Boules, wer taken and brent. 1595 W. Jones tr. G. B. Nenna Nennio f. 26 Others sitting still, plaied at chesse, and at tables. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Renette, a game at Tables of some resemblance with our Doublets, or Queenes Game. 1628 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. xxi. sig. E2 At tables he reaches not beyond doublets. 1665 S. Pepys Diary 21 Sept. (1972) VI. 236 After losing a Crowne betting at tables, we walked home. 1700 S. L. tr. C. Frick Relation Voy. in tr. C. Frick & C. Schweitzer Relation Two Voy. E.-Indies 10 Tables & Draughts are allowed, yet must they not play at them for Money. 1753 in S. Richardson Corr. (1804) III. 68 I must now as they say at Tables, endeavour to play a good back game. 1808 W. Scott Marmion i. xxiii. 44 Full well at tables can he play, And sweep at bowls the stake away. 1855 H. W. Herbert Wager of Battle ix. 106 Gayly-dressed, long-haired boys..playing at tables on a board covered with a scarlet cloth. 1979 ‘E. Peters’ One Corpse too Many x. 153 We'll offer you beds with pleasure, and a game of tables if you've a mind for it. 1996 P. Griffiths Youth & Authority iv. 205 Young nocturnal trippers were found in alehouses..playing cards, tables, and other games. < as lemmas |
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