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lozengy, a.|ˈlɒzɪndʒɪ|
Forms: 6–7 lozengie, 7 losengy, lozengee, 8 lozengé, 9 lozengée, 7– lozengy.
[a. OF. losangié (13th c.), f. losange lozenge.]
1. Her. Of a field: Covered with lozenges of alternate tinctures; divided into lozenges. † Also of a bearing: Shaped like a lozenge.
1562Leigh Armorie 157 He beareth Losengye, Argent, and Sable. 1572J. Bossewell Armorie ii. 38 b, One fermaulx lozengie, Gules. 1610[see lozengeways.] 1727Bailey vol. II, Lozengé, Lozangy..is a Shield or an Ordinary of all Lozenges. 1864Boutell Her. Hist. & Pop. (ed. 3) 35 A Field Lozengy..is divided into Lozenge-shaped figures. Ibid. 361 Lozengée erm. and sa.
b. lozengy barry, divided into lozenges, which are divided again horizontally. lozengy-bendy (see quot. 1838). † lozengy in point (see quot. 1688). † semi-lozengy (see quot. 1612).
1612Peacham Gentl. Exerc. iii. 160 If ther be aboue the number as I said of fiue and twentie or sixe and twentie, you must say Semi-lozengie. 1688R. Holme Armoury i. 105/2 He beareth Gules, two Piles Barwise Agent... This is by others Blazoned, a pale Losengie in point, or extending to the sides..of the Escochion. 1838Penny Cycl. XII. 142/1 [A shield Fusily] if parted per pale and per bend, would be either Lozengy-bendy, or Fusily-bendy, according to the width of the space between the lines.
2. transf.
a. Resembling a lozenge, lozenge-like.
b. Composed of or divided into lozenges.
1602Carew Cornwall 99 b, In the mouth of the harbour, lyeth S. Nicholas Iland, in fashion, losengy. 1686Plot Staffordsh. 125 The Choir..is paved Lozengy, black and white. 1845M. A. Lower Rep. to Brit. Archæol. Assoc. Nov., A lozengy or network pattern. |