must be the opposite of hogwash, and i just found a word that has so many different meaning.. its as if it the definations where submitted for hogwash!
A) Lozenge (n.) A diamond-shaped figure usually with the upper and lower angles slightly acute, borne upon a shield or escutcheon. Cf. Fusil.
B) Lozenge (n.) A form of the escutcheon used by women instead of the shield which is used by men.
C) Lozenge (n.) A figure with four equal sides, having two acute and two obtuse angles; a rhomb.
D) Lozenge (n.) Anything in the form of lozenge.
E) Lozenge (n.) A small cake of sugar and starch, flavored, and often medicated. -- originally in the form of a lozenge.
F) Lozenged (a.) Alt. of Lozenge-shaped
G) Lozenge-shaped (a.) Having the form of a lozenge or rhomb.
H) Lozengy (a.) Divided into lozenge-shaped compartments, as the field or a bearing, by lines drawn in the direction of the bend sinister.
several of the american dictionaries just have "candy or medication to sooth a throat".
i came across the word being used to define tradisional embroideries of a diamond shape..(think of the diamond on a deck of playing cards)
wallowing in mud
