lossenge

Noun

lozenge (plural lozenges)

1. (shapes) A thin rhombus, having two acute and two obtuse angles.
   • Wherein the decussis is made within a longilaterall square, with opposite angles, acute and obtuse at the intersection; and so upon progression making a Rhombus or Lozenge figuration [...].1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus, Folio Society, published 2007, page 167

   Synonyms:

   diamond

2. A small tablet (originally diamond-shaped) or medicated sweet used to ease a sore throat.
   • One saint's day in mid-term a certain newly appointed suffragan-bishop came to the school chapel, and there preached on “The Inner Life.” He at once secured attention by his informal method, and when presently the coughing of Jarvis […] interrupted the sermon, he altogether captivated his audience...1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter III, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC

   Synonyms:

   pastille, throat pastille, troche, lozzy

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