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▪ I. quoining|ˈkɔɪnɪŋ|
Also 6 quenynge.
[f. quoin n. + -ing1. Cf. coining vbl. n.2]
The stone or brick-work forming the quoin of a wall, or the manner in which this is placed.
1562–3in Willis & Clark Cambridge (1886) II. 567 Stone..new wrought..to ashler and quenynge. 1848Rickman Styles Archit. Eng. App. p. iv, There is a peculiar sort of quoining,..consisting of a long stone set at the corner and a short one lying on it, and bonding one way or both into the wall. 1876Archæol. Cant. X. lii, The quoining of the nave and chancel.
▪ II. quoining
obs. form of coining vbl. n.1 |