LOZENGE

lozenge. Lozenge, n. a medicin made up in small pieces, a four-cornered figure in heraldry, an ornament in brilliants

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Loz″enge (lŏz″ĕnj), n. [[F. lozange, losange; perh. the same as OF. losengef flattery, praise, the heraldic sense being the oldest (cf. E. hatchment, blazon). Cf. Losenger, Laudable.]] 1. 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. 2. A figure with four equal sides, having two acute and two obtuse angles; a rhomb.
3. 3. Anything in the form of lozenge.
4. 4. 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. Walpole. — Lozenge-molding (Arch.), a kind of molding, used in Norman architecture, characterized by lozenge-shaped ornaments.