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   Lozenge , 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.]
    (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.
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   A figure with four equal sides, having two acute and two obtuse angles; a rhomb.
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   Anything in the form of lozenge.
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   Specifically: A small cake of sugar and starch, flavored, and often medicated. -- originally in the form of a lozenge.
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   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.
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   Tablet , n. [F. tablette, dim. of table. See Table.]
   A small table or flat surface.
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   A flat piece of any material on which to write, paint, draw, or engrave; also, such a piece containing an inscription or a picture.
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   Hence, a small picture; a miniature. [Obs.]
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   pl. A kind of pocket memorandum book.
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   A flattish cake or piece; as, tablets of arsenic were formerly worn as a preservative against the plague.
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   (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.
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