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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

QUOIN, n. [See Coin.
1. A corner.
2. An instrument to raise any thing; a wedge employed to raise cannon to a proper level, and for other purposes.
3. In architecture, the corner of a brick or stone wall.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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]
3: (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone [syn: corner, quoin]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: alteration of ¹coin Date: 1532 1. a. a solid exterior angle (as of a building) b. one of the members (as a block) forming a quoin and usually differentiated from the adjoining walls by material, texture, color, size, or projection 2. the keystone or a voussoir of an arch 3. a wooden or expandable metal block used by printers to lock up a form within a chase II. transitive verb Date: 1683 1. to equip (a type form) with quoins 2. to provide with quoins <quoined walls>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 an external angle of a building. 2 a stone or brick forming an angle; a cornerstone. 3 a wedge used for locking type in a forme. 4 a wedge for raising the level of a gun, keeping the barrel from rolling, etc. --v.tr. secure or raise with quoins. Derivatives: quoining n. Etymology: var. of COIN

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Quoin Quoin, n. [See Coin, and cf. Coigne.] 1. (Arch.) Originally, a solid exterior angle, as of a building; now, commonly, one of the selected pieces of material by which the corner is marked. Note: In stone, the quoins consist of blocks larger than those used in the rest of the building, and cut to dimension. In brickwork, quoins consist of groups or masses of brick laid together, and in a certain imitation of quoins of stone.

Moby Thesaurus

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