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lozenge

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lozenge
/loz"inj/, n.
1. a small, flavored tablet made from sugar or syrup, often medicated, originally diamond-shaped.
2. Geom. Now Rare. diamond (def. 8).
3. Heraldry.
a. a diamond-shaped charge.
b. a diamond-shaped shield bearing the arms of a woman.
[1300-50; ME losenge < MF, OF, perh. < Gaulish *lausa flat stone + -enge < Gmc -inga -ING3]

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