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.
© Webster 1913.