Lŏz'enge, n.

[Written also losange; Fr. lozange, losange, L. Lat. lozengia, losengina, probably from Gr. λοξός, oblique, and Lat. angulus, Fr. & Eng. angle.]

1. A figure with four equal sides, having two acute and two obtuse angles; a rhomb.
2. (Confectionery.) A small cake of sugar, &c., often medicated, originally in the form of a lozenge or rhomb, but now usually round.
3. (Her.) A figure in the form of a rhomb, with the upper and lower angles acute, borne upon a shield or escutcheon.

Lozenge molding (Arch.), a kind of molding, used in Norman architecture, of many different forms, all of which are characterized by lozenge-shaped compartments or ornaments. Grand lozenge (Her.), a lozenge, the angles of which touch the sides of the shield.