Definition of tablet

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Tablet (n.) 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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Tablet :: Tablet (n.) A flat piece of any material on which to write, paint, draw, or engrave; also, such a piece containing an inscription or a picture..
Retention :: Retention (n.) That which contains something, as a tablet; a //// of preserving impressions..
Styphnate :: Stylus (n.) A pen-shaped pointing device used to specify the cursor position on a graphics tablet.
Pointal :: Pointal (n.) A kind of pencil or style used with the tablets of the Middle Ages.
Cartouch :: Cartouch (n.) A tablet for ornament, or for receiving an inscription, formed like a sheet of paper with the edges rolled up; hence, any tablet of ornamental form..
Medallion :: Medallion (n.) A circular or oval (or, sometimes, square) tablet bearing a figure or figures represented in relief..
Table :: Table (n.) A thin, flat piece of wood, stone, metal, or other material, on which anything is cut, traced, written, or painted; a tablet.
Shelf :: Shelf (v. i.) A flat tablet or ledge of any material set horizontally at a distance from the floor, to hold objects of use or ornament..
Votive :: Votive (a.) Given by vow, or in fulfillment of a vow; consecrated by a vow; devoted; as, votive offerings; a votive tablet..
Diptych :: Diptych (n.) A writing tablet consisting of two leaves of rigid material connected by hinges and shutting together so as to protect the writing within.
Eugubine :: Eugubine (a.) Of or pertaining to the ancient town of Eugubium (now Gubbio); as, the Eugubine tablets, or tables, or inscriptions..
Tablet :: Tablet (n.) A flattish cake or piece; as, tablets of arsenic were formerly worn as a preservative against the plague..
Triptych :: Triptych (n.) A writing tablet in three parts, two of which fold over on the middle part..
Pinax :: Pinax (n.) A tablet; a register; hence, a list or scheme inscribed on a tablet..
Tablet :: Tablet (n.) Hence, a small picture; a miniature..
Troche :: Troche (n.) A medicinal tablet or lozenge; strictly, one of circular form..
Abacus :: Abacus (n.) A tablet, panel, or compartment in ornamented or mosaic work..
Pax :: Pax (n.) A tablet or board, on which is a representation of Christ, of the Virgin Mary, or of some saint and which, in the Mass, was kissed by the priest and then by the people, in mediaeval times; an osculatory. It is still used in communities, confraternities, etc..
Style :: Style (v. t.) An instrument used by the ancients in writing on tablets covered with wax, having one of its ends sharp, and the other blunt, and somewhat expanded, for the purpose of making erasures by smoothing the wax..
Triglyph :: Triglyph (n.) An ornament in the frieze of the Doric order, repeated at equal intervals. Each triglyph consists of a rectangular tablet, slightly projecting, and divided nearly to the top by two parallel and perpendicular gutters, or channels, called glyphs, into three parts, or spaces, called femora. A half channel, or glyph, is also cut upon each of the perpendicular edges of the tablet. See Illust. of Entablature..
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