Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Coigne"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Coigne \Coigne\ (koin), n. [See {Coin}, n.]
A quoin.
See you yound coigne of the Capitol? yon corner stone?
--Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
coigne
n 1: expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up
a form within a chase [syn: {quoin}, {coign}]
2: the keystone of an arch [syn: {quoin}, {coign}]
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