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| quoin, coign or coigne (kwɔɪn, kɔɪn, kwɔɪn, kɔɪn, kwɔɪn, kɔɪn) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | an external corner of a wall |
| 2. | Also called: cornerstone a stone forming the external corner of a wall |
| 3. | another name for keystone |
| 4. | printing a metal or wooden wedge or an expanding mechanical device used to lock type up in a chase |
| 5. | a wedge used for any of various other purposes, such as (formerly) to adjust elevation in muzzle-loading cannon |
| [C16: variant of | |
| coign, coign or coigne | |
| —n | |
| [C16: variant of | |
| coigne, coign or coigne | |
| —n | |
| [C16: variant of | |
| coign or coigne (kɔɪn) | |
| —n | |
| variant spellings of quoin | |
| coigne or coigne | |
| —n | |
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coign
archaic spelling of quoin (q.v.), surviving only in Shakespeare's coign of vantage ("Macbeth" I. vi.), popularized by Sir Walter Scott, properly "a projecting corner" (for observation).
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