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quoin

[ koin, kwoin ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

an external solid angle of a wall or the like.
one of the stones forming it; cornerstone.
any of various bricks of standard shape for forming corners of brick walls or the like.
a wedge-shaped piece of wood, stone, or other material, used for any of various purposes.
Printing. a wedge of wood or metal for securing type in a chase.

quoin

/ kɔɪn; kwɔɪn /

an external corner of a wall
Also calledcornerstone a stone forming the external corner of a wall
See keystone
another name for keystone
printing a metal or wooden wedge or an expanding mechanical device used to lock type up in a chase
a wedge used for any of various other purposes, such as (formerly) to adjust elevation in muzzle-loading cannon

Origin of quoin¹

First recorded in 1525–35; variant of coin

Origin of quoin¹

C16: variant of coin (corner)

Some of my surprise may have noted itself in my face, for he laughed boastfully as he threw the quoin upon the deck.

Mark you this,and leaning over, he took from one of the guns a chocking quoin of hickory-wood banded with copper.

Porter's quoin is adopted for all carriages requiring quoins.

A third slid a quoin along the "bed" of the carriage, under the gun, to support it at the required height.

He fell on his knees, with his face on his hands in the open quoin drawer, feeling as if he had uttered a blasphemy.

April 17, 2024axolotl

[ak-suh-lot-l ]

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