meaning of lozenge
1. A diamond-shaped figure usually with the upper and lower angles slightly acute, borne upon a shield or escutcheon. Cf. Fusil.
2. A form of the escutcheon used by women instead of the shield which is used by men.
3. A figure with four equal sides, having two acute and two obtuse angles; a rhomb.
4. Anything in the form of lozenge.
5. A small cake of sugar and starch, flavored, and often medicated. -- originally in the form of a lozenge.
6. a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet
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