Lozenge

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Anything in the form of lozenge.

II. Lozenge ·noun A figure with four equal sides, having two acute and two obtuse angles; a rhomb.

III. Lozenge ·noun A form of the escutcheon used by women instead of the shield which is used by men.

IV. Lozenge ·noun A small cake of sugar and starch, flavored, and often medicated.

— originally in the form of a lozenge.

V. Lozenge ·noun A diamond-shaped figure usually with the upper and lower angles slightly acute, borne upon a shield or escutcheon. ·cf. Fusil.

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