lozengern.
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the world > space > shape > angularity > specific angular shape > [noun] > quadrilateral > lozenge, diamond, or rhomb
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rhombus?a1560
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1527 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1884) V. 244 Unum le diamond vocatum a losinger.
2. = lozenge n. 3. U.S. and northern dialect.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines of specific form > pills, tablets, etc. > [noun] > tablet or lozenge
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tablet?a1425
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lozenger1860
tabule1893
1860 O. W. Holmes Elsie Venner (1887) 59 Boxes containing ‘lozengers’, as they were commonly called.
1887 T. E. Brown Doctor & Other Poems 6 Somethin just to be haulin out For the kids—a lozenger or the lek.
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