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.

Ta"ble*ware` (?), n. Ware, or articles collectively, for table use.

Ta"bling (?), n. 1. A forming into tables; a setting down in order.

2. (Carp.) The letting of one timber into another by alternate scores

or projections, as in shipbuilding.

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