Water table : 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, n., 9), that is, for the table at the top of the foundation and the beginning of the upper wall.

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Taxonomy
water table, aquifer, the zone, soil, free encyclopedia, groundwater, springs, rock, Surface topography, Seasonal fluctuations, porous soil, zone of saturation, sediment, pore spaces, perched water table, rises and falls, reaches, Earth's.

Defination from the web:
water table. ... The form of a water table may change and vary due to seasonal changes, topography and structural geology. ... form on hillsides, where the Earth's slanting surface may "intersect" with the water table. ...