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coign
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Coign
(gcide) | Coign \Coign\ (koin), n.
A var. spelling of Coin, Quoin, a corner, wedge; --
chiefly used in the phrase coign of vantage, a position
advantageous for action or observation.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From some shielded nook or coign of vantage. --The
Century.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
The lithosphere would be depressed on four faces; . . .
the four projecting coigns would stand up as
continents. --Nature.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. an expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to
lock up a form within a chase.
Syn: quoin, coigne.
[WordNet 1.5]
3. the keystone of an arch.
Syn: quoin, coigne.
[WordNet 1.5] |
coign
(wn) | coign
n 1: expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock
up a form within a chase [syn: quoin, coign, coigne]
2: the keystone of an arch [syn: quoin, coign, coigne] |
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coigne
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Coign
(gcide) | Coign \Coign\ (koin), n.
A var. spelling of Coin, Quoin, a corner, wedge; --
chiefly used in the phrase coign of vantage, a position
advantageous for action or observation.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From some shielded nook or coign of vantage. --The
Century.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
The lithosphere would be depressed on four faces; . . .
the four projecting coigns would stand up as
continents. --Nature.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. an expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to
lock up a form within a chase.
Syn: quoin, coigne.
[WordNet 1.5]
3. the keystone of an arch.
Syn: quoin, coigne.
[WordNet 1.5] |
Coigne
(gcide) | Coigne \Coigne\ (koin), n. [See Coin, n.]
A quoin.
[1913 Webster]
See you yound coigne of the Capitol? yon corner stone?
--Shak.
[1913 Webster] CoigneCoigne \Coigne\, Coigny \Coign"y\, n.
The practice of quartering one's self as landlord on a
tenant; a quartering of one's self on anybody. [Ireland]
--Spenser.
[1913 Webster] |
Coigny
(gcide) | Coigne \Coigne\, Coigny \Coign"y\, n.
The practice of quartering one's self as landlord on a
tenant; a quartering of one's self on anybody. [Ireland]
--Spenser.
[1913 Webster] |
coigne
(wn) | coigne
n 1: expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock
up a form within a chase [syn: quoin, coign, coigne]
2: the keystone of an arch [syn: quoin, coign, coigne] |
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