hall dinner

A dinner in a public hall: spec if., the students' dinner in the hall of a college. Hall-mark, s . I. Lit .: An official stamp affixed by the Goldsmiths' Company and certain other officers to manufactured gold and silver articles as a guarantee of the standard. ( English .) II. Fig.: Any mark or sign of genuinene . *hall-table, s. 1. A dining-table. "The huge hall - table's oaken face Scrubbed till it shone, the day to grace." Scott: Marmion, vi. (Introd.) 2. A table in the hall or entrance of a house. hall-age (age as Ig), s . [Eng. hall ; -age .] A toll paid for the sale of goods or merchandise in a hall.