in heraldry, a rhombus, or figure of equal sides, but unequal angles, resembling a quarry of glass in our old windows, placed erect, point ways. It is in this figure that all unmarried gentlewomen and widows bear their coats of arms, because, as some say, it was the figure of the Amazonian shield; or, as others, because it is the ancient figure of the spindle. Plate CIII. fig. 8. represents an ordinary of lozenges.

The lozenge differs from the fusil, in that the latter is narrower in the middle, and not so sharp at the ends.