Hypertext Webster Gateway: "lozenge"

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) 1.7 (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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