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coign

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coign  (koin, kwoin)
n. & v.
Variant of quoin.
coign, coigne [kɔɪn]
n
(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) variant spellings of quoin
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Noun1.coigncoign - expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up a form within a chase
coigne, quoin
wedge - something solid that is usable as an inclined plane (shaped like a V) that can be pushed between two things to separate them
2.coign - the keystone of an arch
coigne, quoin
headstone, keystone, key - the central building block at the top of an arch or vault


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While putting on its armor against the assaults of the wind, this snow had neglected no coign of vantage.
Can Such Things Be? by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
If one has a taste for that kind of thing the merest starting-point becomes a coign of vantage, and then by a series of logically deducted verisimilitudes one arrives at truth--or very near the truth--as near as any circumstantial evidence can do.
Chance by Conrad, Joseph View in context
It was not long before the seats on the dais were filled, while the tenants and guests of lesser importance had occupied all the coigns of vantage not reserved.
The Lair of the White Worm by Stoker, Bram View in context
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