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noun
1.
an external solid angle of a wall or the like.
2.
one of the stones forming it; cornerstone.
3.
any of various bricks of standard shape for forming corners of brick walls or the like.
4.
a wedge-shaped piece of wood, stone, or other material, used for any of various purposes.
5.
Printing. a wedge of wood or metal for securing type in a chase.
verb (used with object)
6.
to provide with quoins, as a corner of a wall.
7.
to secure or raise with a quoin or wedge.
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Quoins
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Word Origin & History
quoin
1532, "a cornerstone," variant of coin (q.v.), originally in other senses of that word, too, including "a wedge."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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