{| |- ! 1 || a || b || c |- |}
produces:
<table> <tr> <th>1</th> <th>a</th> <th>b</th> <th>c</th> </tr> </table>
instead of:
<table> <tr> <th>1</th> <td>a</td> <td>b</td> <td>c</td> </tr> </table>
which is produced by:
{| |- ! 1 | a || b || c |- |}