Hypertext Webster Gateway: "coign"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Coign \Coign\, 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.
From some shielded nook or coign of vantage. --The
Century.
The lithosphere would be depressed on four faces; . . .
the four projecting coigns would stand up as
continents. --Nature.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
coign
n 1: expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up
a form within a chase [syn: {quoin}, {coigne}]
2: the keystone of an arch [syn: {quoin}, {coigne}]
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