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Quoin

//k(w)ɔɪn// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any of the corner building blocks of a building, usually larger or more ornate than the surrounding blocks.

    "In Casterbridge there stood a noble pile, […] But evil days beset that domicile; The stately beauties of its roof and wall Passed into sordid hands. Condemned to fall Were cornice, quoin, and cove, And all that art had wove in antique style."

  2. 2
    (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone wordnet
  3. 3
    The keystone of an arch.
  4. 4
    the keystone of an arch wordnet
  5. 5
    A metal wedge which fits into the space between the type and the edge of a chase, and is tightened to fix the metal type in place. historical

    "Next fit the quoins, using the “persuader” to squeeze in the pages, and tap up all around."

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  1. 6
    expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up a form within a chase wordnet
  2. 7
    A form of wedge used to prevent casks from moving. obsolete
  3. 8
    A wedge of wood or iron put under the breech of heavy guns or the muzzle of siege-mortars to raise them to the proper level.
  4. 9
    A number of apple varieties with a distinctive ribbed appearance, like corners of a coin.
Verb
  1. 1
    To wedge or steady with quoins. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

Variant of coin; compare coign.

Etymology 2

Variant of coin; compare coign.

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