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Webster 1913 Edition


Water table

Wa′ter ta′ble

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1.
(Arch.)
A molding, or other projection, in the wall of a building, to throw off the water, – generally used in the United States for the first table above the surface of the ground (see
Table
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Noun.
, 9), that is, for the table at the top of the foundation and the beginning of the upper wall.