English-Thai Dictionary

lozenge

N ยา อม  ลูกกวาด  ya-om

 

lozenge

N เพชรพลอย  ลูกกวาด  ped-poi

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LOZENGE

n.[Gr. oblique, and a corner. ] 1. Originally, a figure with four equal sides, having two acute and two obtuse angles; a rhomb.
2. In heraldry, a four-cornered figure, resembling a pane of glass in old casements.
3. Among jewelers, lozenges are common to brilliants and rose diamonds. In brilliants, they are formed by the meeting of the skill and the star facets on the bezil; in the latter, by the meeting of the facets in the horizontal ribs of the crown.
4. A form of medicine in small pieces, to be chewed or held in the mouth till melted.
5. In confectionary, a small cake of preserved fruit, or of sugar, etc.

 

LOZENGED

a.Made into the shape of lozenges.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

LOZENGE

Loz "enge, n. Etym: [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.

 

LOZENGED; LOZENGE-SHAPED

LOZENGED; LOZENGE-SHAPED Loz "enged, Loz "enge-shaped `, a.

 

Defn: Having the form of a lozenge or rhomb. The lozenged panes of a very small latticed window. C. Bronté.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

lozenge

loz enge |ˈläzənj ˈlɑzənʤ | ▶noun a rhombus or diamond shape. • a small medicinal tablet, originally of this shape, taken for sore throats and dissolved in the mouth: throat lozenges. • Heraldry a charge in the shape of a solid diamond, in particular one on which the arms of an unmarried or widowed woman are displayed. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French losenge, probably derived from the base of Spanish losa, Portuguese lousa ‘slab, ’ late Latin lausiae (lapides )‘stone slabs. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

lozenge

lozenge |ˈlɒzɪn (d )ʒ | ▶noun a rhombus or diamond shape. • a small medicinal tablet, originally in the shape of a lozenge, taken for sore throats and dissolved in the mouth: throat lozenges. • Heraldry a charge in the shape of a solid diamond, in particular one on which the arms of an unmarried or widowed woman are displayed. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French losenge, probably derived from the base of Spanish losa, Portuguese lousa ‘slab ’, late Latin lausiae (lapides )‘stone slabs ’.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

lozenge

lozenge noun 1 the patterns comprise mosaics, lozenges, and crosses: rhombus, diamond shape, diamond. 2 she was always taking throat lozenges and cough mixtures: pastille, tablet, pill, capsule, pilule, drop; cough sweet, cough drop, gum, gumdrop, jujube; Medicine troche, bolus; rare trochisk, trochiscus.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

lozenge

loz enge /lɑ́zɪn (d )ʒ |lɔ́z -/名詞 C 1 ひし形 .2 ひし形のもの ; ひし形窓ガラス ; (宝石の )ひし形面 .3 〘紋章 〙ひし形 .4 せき止めドロップ [キャンデー ] 〘元ひし形だった 〙.