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lozenge

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lozenge
1. Med a medicated tablet held in the mouth until it has dissolved
2. Geometry another name for rhombus
lozenge
1. A rhomb or, more rarely, a rhomboid; usually one of a series.
2. In a double lancet window, a small light which pierces the space between the heads of the two lancets. (See illustration p. 608.)
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How the junior partner of Hobbs and Dobbs leads her smiling to the carriage with the lozenge upon it, and the fat wheezy coachman
Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context
" Then, as he took the last lozenge out, he said, "Come out SO," and put the lozenge into Jacob's hospitable mouth.
Brother Jacob by Eliot, George View in context
Napoleon took a lozenge, put it in his mouth, and glanced at his watch.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
 
 
 
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