| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| quoin |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  koin, kwoin |
| VARIANT FORMS: | also coign |
| NOUN: | 1a. An exterior angle of a wall or other piece of masonry. b. Any of the stones used in forming such an angle, often being of large size and dressed or arranged so as to form a decorative contrast with the adjoining walls. 2. A keystone. 3. Printing A wedge-shaped block used to lock type in a chase. 4. A wedge used to raise the level of a gun. | | TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: quoined also coigned, quoin·ing, coign·ing, quoins, coigns
To provide, secure, or raise with a quoin or quoins. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Variant of coin.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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