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Webster 1913 Edition
Lozenge
Loz′enge
(lŏz′ĕnj)
, Noun.
1.
(Her.)
(a)
A diamond-shaped figure usually with the upper and lower angles slightly acute, borne upon a shield or escutcheon. Cf.
Fusil
. (b)
A form of the escutcheon used by women instead of the shield which is used by men.
2.
A figure with four equal sides, having two acute and two obtuse angles; a rhomb.
3.
Anything in the form of lozenge.
4.
Specifically:
A small cake of sugar and starch, flavored, and often medicated. – originally in the form of a lozenge.
Lozenge coach
, the coach of a dowager, having her coat of arms painted on a lozenge.
[Obs.]
Walpole.
– Lozenge-molding
(Arch.)
, a kind of molding, used in Norman architecture, characterized by lozenge-shaped ornaments.
Webster 1828 Edition
Lozenge
LOZ'ENGE
,Noun.
1.
Originally, a figure with four equal sides, having two acute and two obtuse angles; a rhomb.2.
In heraldry, a four-cornered figure, resembling a pane of glass in old casements.3.
Among jewelers, lozenges are common to brilliants and rose diamonds. In brilliants, they are formed by the meeting of the skill and the star facets on the bezil; in the latter, by the meeting of the facets in the horizontal ribs of the crown.4.
A form of medicine in small pieces, to be chewed or held in the mouth till melted.5.
In confectionary, a small cake of preserved fruit, or of sugar, &c.