TABLE-TURNING
\tˈe͡ɪbə͡ltˈɜːnɪŋ], \tˈeɪbəltˈɜːnɪŋ], \t_ˈeɪ_b_əl_t_ˈɜː_n_ɪ_ŋ]\
Definitions of TABLE-TURNING
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By Henry Percy Smith
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n. Certain movements of tables or other objects, attributed by some to the agency of departed spirits, by others to the development of latent vital or spiritual forces, but more commonly ascribed to the muscular force of persons in connection with the objects moved.
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).