library table

a large pedestal writing table or desk.

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What does “clement” mean?

First recorded in 1735–45

Mr. and Mrs. Bird and the doctor are seated around a library-table in earnest conference.
Christmas Entertainments|Alice Maude Kellogg
I found the letter in a drawer of the library-table, in Mr. Belcher's house at Sevenoaks.
Sevenoaks|J. G. Holland
The opening of the packages on the library-table afforded another season of merriment.
The Sword of Damocles|Anna Katharine Green
The next evening they all gathered around the library-table, each with a Bible in hand.
The Home at Greylock|Elizabeth Prentiss

It came while he was out, and has been tantalizing me on the library-table for four hours.
Home Influence|Grace Aguilar