'Lozenge' definitions:

Definition of 'lozenge'

From: WordNet
noun
A small aromatic or medicated candy
noun
A dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet [syn: pill, lozenge, tablet, tab]

Definition of 'Lozenge'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A figure with four equal sides, having two acute and two obtuse angles; a rhomb. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Anything in the form of lozenge. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Specifically: A small cake of sugar and starch, flavored, and often medicated. -- originally in the form of a lozenge. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster] Lozenged

Definition of 'lozenge'

From: GCIDE
  • Tablet \Ta"blet\, n. [F. tablette, dim. of table. See Table.]
  • 1. A small table or flat surface. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Hence, a small picture; a miniature. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • 4. pl. A kind of pocket memorandum book. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. A flattish cake or piece; as, tablets of arsenic were formerly worn as a preservative against the plague. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]