LOZENGE

pill, lozenge, tablet, tab

(noun) a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet

lozenge

(noun) a small aromatic or medicated candy

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

lozenge (plural lozenges)

(shapes, heraldiccharge) A quadrilateral with sides of equal length (rhombus), having two acute and two obtuse angles.

Synonyms: diamond (informal), rhomb, rhombus (most common in mathematics)

A small tablet (originally diamond-shaped) or medicated sweet used to ease a sore throat.

Synonyms: pastille, throat pastille, troche

Verb

lozenge (third-person singular simple present lozenges, present participle lozenging, simple past and past participle lozenged)

(transitive) To form into the shape of a lozenge.

(transitive) To mark or emblazon with a lozenge.

Source: Wiktionary

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Loz"enge, n. Etym: [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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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