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lozenge |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lozenge \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tablet \Ta"blet\, n. [F. tablette dim. of table. See {Table}.] 1. A small table or flat surface. 2. A flat piece of any material on which to write, paint, draw, or engrave; also such a piece containing an inscription or a picture. 3. Hence a small picture; a miniature. [Obs.] 4. pl A kind of pocket memorandum book. 5. A flattish cake or piece; as tablets of arsenic were formerly worn as a preservative against the plague. 6. (Pharm.) A solid kind of electuary or confection, commonly made of dry ingredients with sugar, and usually formed into little flat squares; -- called also {lozenge}, and {troche}, especially when of a round or rounded form From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: lozenge n 1: a small aromatic or medicated candy 2: a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet [syn: {pill}, {tablet}]
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