TABLET

tablet. (fr) Tablet, little table

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Tablet. Tablet
Probably a string of beads worn round the neck (Ex. 35:22; Num. 31:50). In Isa. 3:20 the Hebrew word means a perfume-box, as it is rendered in the Revised Version.

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tablet. Tablet, n. a little table, the form of a medicin

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Ta″blet (?), n. [[F. tablette, dim. of table. See Table.]] 1. 1. A small table or flat surface.
2. 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.
3. 3. Hence, a small picture; a miniature.
4. 4. pl. A kind of pocket memorandum book.
5. 5. A flattish cake or piece; as, tablets of arsenic were formerly worn as a preservative against the plague.
6. 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.