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  3  definitions  found 
 
  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  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  troche 
  n  :  a  medicated  lozenge  used  to  soothe  the  throat  [syn:  {cough 
  drop},  {pastille},  {pastil}]




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