Loz"enge (lŏz"ĕnj), 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.