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lozenge
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synonyms: ~fusil, ~mascle, ~rustre ???
tags: [heraldry]
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Definition:1. (Her.)(a) A diamond-shaped figure usually with the upper and lower angles slightly acute, borne upon a shield or escutcheon.(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.Noah Webster. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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The Cadignans bear: or, five lozenges sable appointed, placed fess-wise, with the word "Memini" for motto, a crown with a cap of maintenance, no supporters or mantle.
Honoré de Balzac. The Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan
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Oval, stiffened with whalebone, it began with three round knobs; then came in succession lozenges of velvet and rabbit-skin separated by a red band;
Gustave Flaubert. Madame Bovary
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To five little stone lozenges, each about a foot and a half long, which were arranged in a neat row beside their grave, and were sacred to the memory of five little brothers of mine,
Charles Dickens. Great Expectations (1861)
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