About The Word Lozenge
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Lozenge
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What's The Definition Of Lozenge?
[n] a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet
[n] a small aromatic or medicated candy Synonyms | Synonyms for Lozenge: pill | tablet Related Terms | Find terms related to Lozenge: achievement | alerion | animal charge | annulet | argent | armorial bearings | armory | arms | azure | bandeau | bar | bar sinister | baton | bearings | bend | bend sinister | billet | blazon | blazonry | bolus | bordure | broad arrow | cadency mark | canton | capsule | chaplet | charge | chevron | chief | coat of arms | cockatrice | coronet | crescent | crest | cross | cross moline | crown | device | difference | differencing | eagle | ermine | ermines | erminites | erminois | escutcheon | falcon | fess | fess point | field | file | flanch | fleur-de-lis | fret | fur | fusil | garland | griffin | gules | gyron | hatchment | helmet | heraldic device | honor point | impalement | impaling | inescutcheon | label | lion | mantling | marshaling | martlet | mascle | metal | motto | mullet | nombril point | octofoil | or | ordinary | orle | pale | paly | pean | pheon | pill | purpure | quarter | quartering | rose | sable | saltire | scutcheon | shield | spread eagle | subordinary | tablet | tenne | tincture | torse | tressure | troche | unicorn | vair | vert | wreath | yale See Also | bolus | cachou | candy | capsule | cough drop | dose | dragee | pastil | pastille | sleeping capsule | sleeping draught | sleeping pill | sleeping tablet | troche | vitamin pill Lozenge In Webster's Dictionary \Loz"enge\ (l[o^]z"[e^]nj), 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. (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. 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.
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