Lozenge

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  • noun. A small, medicated candy intended to be dissolved slowly in the mouth to lubricate and soothe irritated tissues of the throat.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A four-sided planar figure with a diamondlike shape; a rhombus that is not a square.
  • noun. Something having this shape, especially a heraldic device.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A plane figure with four equal sides, having two acute and two obtuse angles, also called a diamond; a rhomb; also, formerly, any oblique parallelogram.
  • noun. Somothing resembling such a figure in form. :
  • noun. A small cake of sugar, or confection, often medicated, originally in the form of a rhomb, but now variously shaped.
  • noun. A pane of glass for window-glazing, either lozenge-shaped or square, but intended to be set diagonally; a quarrel.
  • noun. An envelop-blank cut out by a punching-machine.
  • noun. In the cutting of brilliants, one of the four quoins of the upper surface or crown. See quoin.
  • noun. A spangle.
  • In decorative art, divided by diagonal lines into diamonds or lozenges: a common distribution of decorative design in the fourteenth century: as, a lozenge pattern.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A diamond-shaped figure usually with the upper and lower angles slightly acute, borne upon a shield or escutcheon. Cf. fusil.
  • noun. A form of the escutcheon used by women instead of the shield which is used by men.
  • noun. A figure with four equal sides, having two acute and two obtuse angles; a rhomb.
  • noun. Anything in the form of lozenge.
  • noun. A small cake of sugar and starch, flavored, and often medicated. -- originally in the form of a lozenge.
  • noun. the coach of a dowager, having her coat of arms painted on a lozenge.
  • noun. a kind of molding, used in Norman architecture, characterized by lozenge-shaped ornaments.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A quadrilateral with sides of equal length (rhombus), having two acute and two obtuse angles.
  • noun. A small tablet (originally diamond-shaped) or medicated sweet used to ease a sore throat.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a small aromatic or medicated candy
  • noun. a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet
  • Word Usage
    "I liked the Bonaventure signage, too – Helvetica in lozenge shapes, color coded by area."
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    fusil