writing tablet (noun)

  • 21pugillare — noun (in Ancient Rome) Wooden writing tablet, coated with wax, used with a stylus …

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  • 22cylinder seal — noun : a cylinder of stone or other hard material engraved in intaglio upon the curved surface and used especially in ancient Mesopotamia to roll an identifying impression on wet clay (as in sealing a jar or writing tablet) …

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  • 23Muse — This article is about the goddesses. For the English band, see Muse (band). For other uses, see Muse (disambiguation). The nine muses: Clio, Thalia, Erato, Euterpe, Polyhymnia, Calliope, Terpsichore, Urania, Melpomene Greek deities …

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  • 24tab·let — /ˈtæblət/ noun, pl lets [count] 1 : a flat piece of stone, clay, or wood that has writing on it an ancient stone tablet 2 : a small usually round piece of medicine aspirin/vitamin tablets 3 chiefly US : a set of paper sheets …

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  • 25tab|u|la — «TAB yuh luh», noun, plural lae « lee». 1. in ancient Rome: a) a table or tablet, especially a writing tablet. b) a writing or document. c) a legal instrument or record. 2. Ecclesiastical. a wooden or metal frontal. ╂[< Latin tabula; see etym …

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  • 26diptych — [ dɪptɪk] noun 1》 a painting, especially an altarpiece, on two hinged wooden panels which may be closed like a book. 2》 an ancient writing tablet consisting of two hinged leaves with waxed inner sides. Origin C17: via late L. from late Gk… …

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  • 27dip|tych — «DIHP tihk», noun. 1. an ancient writing tablet consisting of two pieces of wood or ivory hinged together, with the inner sides waxed for writing on with a stylus. 2. a pair of paintings or carvings on two panels hinged together. 3. anything… …

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  • 28deltiologist — [ˌdɛltɪ ɒlədʒɪst] noun a person who collects postcards as a hobby. Derivatives deltiology noun Origin 1940s: from Gk deltion (dimin. of deltos writing tablet ) + logist …

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  • 29deltiology — /dɛltiˈɒlədʒi/ (say deltee oluhjee) noun the collection and study of postcards. {Greek deltion, diminutive of deltos writing tablet + logy} –deltiologist, noun …

  • 30codicil — cod·i·cil / kä də səl, ˌsil/ n [Latin codicillus, literally, writing tablet, diminutive of codic codex book see code]: a formally executed document made after a will that adds to, subtracts from, or changes the will see also republish Merriam… …

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