\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.
2. A figure with four equal sides, having two acute and two
   obtuse angles; a rhomb.
3. Anything in the form of lozenge.
4. A small cake of sugar and starch, flavored, and often
   medicated. -- originally in the form of a lozenge.
{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.