[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

tablet \ta"blet\, n. f. tablette, dim. of table. see table.
   1. a small table or flat surface.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

   3. hence, a small picture; a miniature. obs.
      1913 webster

   4. pl. a kind of pocket memorandum book.
      1913 webster

   5. a flattish cake or piece; as, tablets of arsenic were
      formerly worn as a preservative against the plague.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster
see also:
table lozenge troche 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
   1913 webster
   1913 webster
see also:
trochee 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

troche
     n : a medicated lozenge used to soothe the throat syn: cough
         drop, pastille, pastil
see also:
cough drop pastille pastil 

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