Tablet \Ta"blet\, n. [F. tablette, dim. of table. See Table.]
1. A small table or flat surface.
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2. A flat piece of any material on which to write, paint,
draw, or engrave; also, such a piece containing an
inscription or a picture.
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3. Hence, a small picture; a miniature. [Obs.]
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4. pl. A kind of pocket memorandum book.
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5. A flattish cake or piece; as, tablets of arsenic were
formerly worn as a preservative against the plague.
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6. (Pharm.) A solid kind of electuary or confection, commonly
made of dry ingredients with sugar, and usually formed
into little flat squares; -- called also lozenge, and
troche, especially when of a round or rounded form.
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Troche \Tro"che\ (tr[=o]"k[=e]), n. [Gr. trocho`s anything round
or circular, a wheel, properly, a runner, fr. tre`chein to
run. Cf. Trochee.] (Pharm.)
A medicinal tablet or lozenge; strictly, one of circular
form.
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