dictionary definitions for "lozenge"


From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [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, tab]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     2. A figure with four equal sides, having two acute and two
        obtuse angles; a rhomb.
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     3. Anything in the form of lozenge.
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     4. Specifically: A small cake of sugar and starch, flavored,
        and often medicated. -- originally in the form of a
        lozenge.
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     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.
        [1913 Webster] Lozenged

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tablet \Ta"blet\, n. [F. tablette, dim. of table. See Table.]
     1. A small table or flat surface.
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     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.
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     3. Hence, a small picture; a miniature. [Obs.]
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     4. pl. A kind of pocket memorandum book.
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     5. A flattish cake or piece; as, tablets of arsenic were
        formerly worn as a preservative against the plague.
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     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.
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