wax tablet

[ waks-tab-lit ]

noun

a tablet made of bone, wood, etc., and covered with wax, used by the ancients for writing with a stylus.

Origin of wax tablet

First recorded in 1800–10

In the schools the wax-tablet supplied the place of the slate, and in daily life was a substitute for our note-book.
Quintus Claudius, Volume 1 of 2 | Ernst Eckstein
When she was twelve, her friend Mr. Albert H. Munsell, the artist, let her experiment with a wax tablet and a stylus.
Story of My Life | Helen Keller
It is true a wax tablet with writing has been found; yet this contains—receipts of auctions.
Italy, the Magic Land | Lilian Whiting
A slave was reading to him from a roll, and he was taking notes on a wax tablet.
Callias | Alfred John Church
Perhaps he would not have read it at all if it had been written on an ordinary wax tablet.
Roads from Rome | Anne C. E. Allinson

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