Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to, of the nature of, or affected with tabes (dorsalis).
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Examples
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Want of feeling: a third article of comparison, between the profanation of the tabic of the Lord,
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The plant itself is of the tliistlc-kiiul, and its FAMILY HEUBAL. feftd, which we see at tabic, owes much of ils bijf - nesi and fleshiness to culture.
The Family Herbal,: And of the Drugs which are Produced by Vegetables of Other Countries : with ... John Hill, Charles Brightly, T. Kinnersley 1812
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The natural majesty of Adam, and at the same time his submissive behaviour to the superior being, who had vouchsafed to be his guest; the solemn Haiiy which the Angel bestows upon tlic. mother of mankind, with the figure of Eve ministring at the tabic, are circumstances which deserve to be aHmired.
Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books. The Author John Milton. Printed from the Text of Tonson ... 1795
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Trim, by the help of his forefinger laid fiat upon the tabic, and the edge of his hand ftrikiug acrofs it -, at right angles, made a ihift to tell his fiorjr fo, that ptieils and virgins might have lif - i6o The LIFE and OPINIONS or tenedtoit; — and the ftory being told, — the dia - logue went on as follows.
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The latter took fome money oflFthc tabic, to which he was not entitled; and the fornier remon - ftrating on the irjafticc of Bake, received from him a violent blow.
The Life of John Metcalf, Commonly Called Blind Jack of Knaresborough: With ... Anecdotes of His ... 1795
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S E tabic, containing the rudiment of another vege - table of the fame fpecies, vivified by the pollen. —
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Tsagan aiid pther early beans to fupply the tabic when they are going oflF.
The Gardeners Kalendar: Directing the Necessary Works to be Done Every Month ... 1792
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As I! was A R U N D E L. 105 was about to. feat myfelf at the tabic where I was to officiate, Morthke ran with a chair for
Arundel 1789
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Itrued as a ficn of amity, the Cajjtain having no white flag on boarci, determined to fend the lieutenant with a tabic cloth in order to anfwer the token of peace.
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With all my heart, uncle: I love to fee a tabic well fpread — betides, a wedding-dinner mould be fumptuous.
The artifice: a comic opera. In two acts. As it is performed at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane 1780
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