a small table or flat surface.-a flat piece of any material on which to write, paint, draw, or engrave; also, such a piece containing an inscription or a picture.-hence, a small picture; a miniature.-a kind of pocket memorandum book.-a flattish cake or piece; as, tablets of arsenic were formerly worn as a preservative against the plague.-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.