TABLETED

Verb

tableted

simple past tense and past participle of tablet

Source: Wiktionary


TABLET

Ta"blet, n. Etym: [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.

Definition: 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.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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