Quoined

adj, verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of quoin form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Furnished with a quoin. not-comparable

    "a quoined chimney-stack"

Synonyms

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cornercornerstoneangleapexbendbifurcation

Example

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"Half-columns of enriched Doric and a stuccoed and channelled blind arcade frame the shopfront, with plain brick upper floors embellished by quoined strips and a deep bracketed parapet."

Etymology

From quoin + -ed.

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