Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In heraldry, having the whole surface covered with lozenges or formed into lozenge-shaped divisions. This is very often depicted with exact squares set cornerwise.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Her.) Divided into lozenge-shaped compartments, as the field or a bearing, by lines drawn in the direction of the bend sinister.
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- adjective heraldry Divided into
lozenge -shapedcompartments , as thefield or abearing , bylines drawn in the direction of thebend sinister .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The Doctor might have a lozengy shield with a suitable tincture, while my genial friend who occasionally imbibes could have a barry shield surmounted by a small effigy of
The Idiot John Kendrick Bangs 1892
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Spokes of some regularity fix the diameter of the mouth; a swaying walk and the guiding aid of the caudal appendages have laid lozengy meshes across these spokes.
The Life of the Spider Jean-Henri Fabre 1869
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This interlaced design, whether borne as a distinct figure, as No. 148, or repeated over the field of a Shield, as in No. 149, differs from a field lozengy or gyronny, in being a bearing charged _upon_ the field of a Shield, and not a form of varied surface:
The Handbook to English Heraldry Charles Boutell 1844
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Rolls is blazoned as “_masculée_”: but his Seal proves it to have been, as in No. 145, _lozengy vair and gu.
The Handbook to English Heraldry Charles Boutell 1844
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These two forms, which, however, are very rarely met with, should be carefully distinguished from a field lozengy.
The Handbook to English Heraldry Charles Boutell 1844
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Heralds; but by them the fields of Shields were divided _lozengy_ and
The Handbook to English Heraldry Charles Boutell 1844
sionnach commented on the word lozengy
heraldic pattern:
lozengy
November 3, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word lozengy
*pillaged*
November 4, 2007