[ F. ablet, ablette, a dim. fr. LL. abula, for albula, dim. of albus white. Cf. Abele. ] (Zool.) A small fresh-water fish (Leuciscus alburnus); the bleak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Dim. of cable; cf. F. câblot. ] A little cable less than ten inches in circumference. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Babylonian & Assyrian Antiq.) A clay tablet on which was inscribed a contract, for safe keeping. Such tablets were inclosed in an outer case (often called the envelope), on which was inscribed a duplicate of the inscription on the inclosed tablet. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Arch.) A small gable, or gable-shaped canopy, formed over a tabernacle, niche, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]