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lozenge

The lozenge is a symbol of honesty and constancy and it is also a token of noble birth. It has four sides of equal length and is positioned point up, so that it resembles a diamond rather than a square. A lozenge throughout is a lozenge that has all four points touching the sides of the shield. The arms of a lady, as a maid or a widow, are always displayed on a lozenge. Lozenges cojoined to form a fesse or a pale are referred to as a ‘bend lozengy’ or a ‘fesse lozengy,’ or a field may be described as ‘lozengy’ when it is formed entirely of an indefinite number of lozenges. A mascle is an open lozenge, or a lozenge voided, and it is merely a lozenge with a smaller one removed from the inside. It is said to be a piece on which armor was fastened, and to represent a mesh of a net. It signifies persuasion, and again, a field formed entirely of mascles is termed ‘masculy.’ A rustre is another, comparatively rare, type of lozenge, pierced in the center with a circle.

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