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Anything in the form of lozenge.

Having the form of a lozenge or rhomb. The lozenged panes of a very small latticed window. C. Bronté.

niformly dyed ground, usually of red or blue, with white or yellow figures of a circular, lozenge, or other simple form.

straight lines, and having two of the interior angles acute and two obtuse; a rhombus; a lozenge.

Having figures like a diamond or lozenge.

deceased person are temporarily displayed, -- usually on the walls of his dwelling. It is lozenge-shaped or square, but is hung cornerwise. It is used in England as a means of giving public notification of the death of the deceased, his or her rank, whether married, widower, widow, etc. Called also achievement. His obs…

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Divided into lozenge-shaped compartments, as the field or a bearing, by lines drawn in the direction of the bend sinister.

A lozenge voided.

Composed of, or covered with, lozenge-shaped scales; having lozenge-shaped divisions. Mascled armor, armor composed of small lozenge-shaped scales of metal fastened on a foundation of leather or quilted cloth.

suggestion of quilting, the surface being marked by depressed lines which form squares or lozenges in relief; as, matelassé silks.

An aromatic or medicated lozenge; a troche.

A lozenge of sugar flavored with peppermint. Peppermint camphor. (Chem.) Same as Menthol. -- Peppermint tree (Bot.), a name given to several Australian species of gum tree (Eucalyptus amygdalina, E. piperita, E. odorata, etc.) which have hard and durable wood, and yield an essential oil.

Paving or flooring made of small squares or lozenges set diagonally. [Formerly written pointal.]

A square or lozenge-shaped paving tile.

A lozenge having a rose flavor.

The escutcheon or field on which are placed the bearings in coats of arms. Cf. Lozenge. See Illust. of Escutcheon.

f dry ingredients with sugar, and usually formed into little flat squares; -- called also lozenge, and troche, especially when of a round or rounded form.

A medicinal tablet or lozenge; strictly, one of circular form.

A kind of tablet or lozenge; a troche.