Emily Dickinson Lexicon

LOZ'ENGE, n. [Fr. losange; Gr. λοξος, oblique, and γωνια, a corner.]

1. Originally, a figure with four equal sides, having two acute and two obtuse angles; a rhomb.
2. In heraldry, [it is used exactly as in the first sense. – E. H. B.]
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. – Encyc.
4. A form of medicine in small pieces, to be chewed or held in the month till melted. – Johnson.
5. In confectionery, a small cake of preserved fruit, or of sugar, &c.