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noun

Lozenge n.

(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.

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

Anything in the form of lozenge.

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.)

Lozenge-molding (Arch.), a kind of molding, used in Norman architecture, characterized by lozenge-shaped ornaments.

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Etymology of 'Lozenge'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Lozenge" Quotes from Famous Books

... all of them excited and expressive. A great many people were standing, packed closely together and looking obstinate in their determined curiosity. Most of them were either staring at, or were trying to stare at Mrs. Clarke, who was now talking to her solicitor. Esme Darlington was eating a meat lozenge and frowning, evidently discomposed by the jury's dilemma. Lady Ermyntrude Clarke had lifted her veil and was whispering eagerly to her son, bending her head, and emphasizing her remarks with excited gestures which seemed ...

— In the Wilderness • Robert Hichens

... 5 to 5.75 inches. A little smaller than the English sparrow. Male and Female — Brown above, varied with ashy-gray stripes and small, lozenge-shaped gray mottles. Color lightest on head, increasing in shade to reddish brown near tail. Tail paler brown and long; wings brown and barred with whitish. Beneath grayish white. Slender, curving bill. Range — United States and Canada, east of Rocky Mountains. Migrations — April. ...

— Bird Neighbors • Neltje Blanchan

... pride killed, and we read an essay on that sweet grace of humility, and we go on as proud as ever. The pleasant lozenge does not do the work. Rather let us set ourselves to do that for Christ which is most oppugnant to our natural feelings. You do not take part in prayer-meeting because you cannot pray like Edward Payson, or exhort like John Summerfield. If you want to crush your pride, get up ...

— Around The Tea-Table • T. De Witt Talmage

... craters extended from east to west, and had in one section on its rim a giant dome split into quadrangular and lozenge-shaped sections, not unlike magnified mosaic work. Next to it was a great hill with a vertical natural wall overlooking the crater itself. The horizontal strata of this natural wall, each about a foot thick, looked exactly like a wonderful masonry ...

— Across Unknown South America • Arnold Henry Savage Landor

... produced a handful of peppermint lozenges from the pocket of her skirt and offered us one each. We did not dare refuse but we each held our lozenge very gingerly ...

— The Golden Road • Lucy Maud Montgomery

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