Hypertext Webster Gateway: "tablet"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tablet \Ta"blet\, n. [F. tablette, dim. of table. See {Table}.]
1. A small table or flat surface.
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. Hence, a small picture; a miniature. [Obs.]
4. pl. A kind of pocket memorandum book.
5. A flattish cake or piece; as, tablets of arsenic were
formerly worn as a preservative against the plague.
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
tablet
n 1: a slab of stone or wood suitable for bearing an inscription
2: a number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge
[syn: {pad}, {pad of paper}]
3: a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet [syn: {pill},
{lozenge}]
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