tableful (tablful)

[ One man who is a little too literal can spoil the talk of a whole tableful of men of esprit. O. W. Holmes, Autocrat, iii. Three large tablefuls of housekeeping things. Philadelphia Times , Jan. 9, 1886. ing picture; a picturesque representation, as of a statue, table-grinder (ta'bl-grinder), n. A form of a noted personage, a scene of history poetry, or an alle a gory, by one or more silent and motionle performers grinding-bench. E. H. Knight. suitably costumed and posed; by extension, a grouping of figures so arranged as to represent a scene of actual life.