/loz"inj/ , n.
1. a small, flavored tablet made from sugar or syrup, often medicated, originally diamond-shaped.
2. Geom. Now Rare. diamond (def. 8).
3. Heraldry.
a. a diamond-shaped charge.
b. a diamond-shaped shield bearing the arms of a woman.
[ 1300-50; ME losenge lausa flat stone + -enge -inga -ING 3 ]