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Lozenge

Lozenge Definition And Meaning
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.

Lozenge Definition And Meaning

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

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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