- A diamond-shaped figure usually with the upper and lower
angles slightly acute, borne upon a shield or escutcheon. Cf. Fusil. - A form of the escutcheon used by women instead of the
shield which is used by men. - A figure with four equal sides, having two acute and two
obtuse angles; a rhomb. - Anything in the form of lozenge. - A small cake of sugar and starch, flavored, and often
medicated. -- originally in the form of a lozenge.