Lozenge /(lŏz"ĕnj)/
Loz·enge
Lozenge
n.
- A diamond-shaped figure usually with the upper and lower angles slightly acute, borne upon a shield or escutcheon. Cf. Fusil. (Her.)
- A figure with four equal sides, having two acute and two obtuse angles; a rhomb.
- Anything in the form of lozenge.
- A small cake of sugar and starch, flavored, and often medicated. -- originally in the form of a lozenge.
Phrases & Compounds
- Lozenge coach
- the coach of a dowager, having her coat of arms painted on a lozenge.
- Lozenge-molding
- a kind of molding, used in Norman architecture, characterized by lozenge-shaped ornaments.