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  1. 1. n. A diamond-shaped figure usually with the upper and lower angles slightly acute, borne upon a shield or escutcheon. Cf. Fusil. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. A form of the escutcheon used by women instead of the shield which is used by men. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. A figure with four equal sides, having two acute and two obtuse angles; a rhomb. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. Anything in the form of lozenge. Source: opted
  5. 5. n. A small cake of sugar and starch, flavored, and often medicated. -- originally in the form of a lozenge. Source: opted
  6. 6. n. a small aromatic or medicated candy Source: wordnet
  7. 7. n. a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet Source: wordnet
  8. 8. 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. Source: webster
  9. 9. Having the form of a lozenge or rhomb.The lozenged panes of a very small latticed window. C. Bronté. Source: adambom
  10. 10. n:100 n. a small aromatic or medicated candy Source: ecdict

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