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coign
coign C0465000 (koin, kwoin)n. & v. Variant of quoin.coign (kɔɪn) or coignen (Architecture) variant spellings of quoinThesaurus| Noun | 1. |  coign - expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up a form within a chasecoigne, quoinwedge - 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 archcoigne, quoinheadstone, keystone, key - the central building block at the top of an arch or vault |
coign
a coign of vantageA beneficial spot or position, especially for viewing something. "Coign" is a variant spelling of "quoin," the outside corner of a building or wall. My office affords me a fine coign of vantage, as I can watch everyone on the floor without them knowing,See also: coign, of, vantagecoign of vantage a favourable position for observation or action. literary The literal sense of a coign of vantage is ‘a projecting corner of a wall or building’; the phrase appears in Shakespeare 's Macbeth in Duncan's description of the nesting places of the swifts at Macbeth's castle. The word quoin meaning ‘an external angle of a building’ still exists in English, but the archaic spelling coign survives mainly in this phrase.See also: coign, of, vantagecoign
quoin, coign, coigne1. an external corner of a wall 2. a stone forming the external corner of a wall 3. another name for keystonequoin, coign, coin  stone quoins set in brickwork In masonry, a hard stone or brick used, with similar ones, to reinforce an external corner or edge of a wall or the like; often distinguished decoratively from adjacent masonry; may be imitated in non-load-bearing materials. Occasionally imitated, for decorative purposes, by wood that has been finished to look like masonry.coign
Related to coign: coign of vantageSynonyms for coignnoun expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up a form within a chaseSynonymsRelated Wordsnoun the keystone of an archSynonymsRelated Words |