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coining
coin C0465000 (koin)n.1. A small piece of metal, usually flat and circular, authorized by a government for use as money.2. Metal money considered as a whole.3. A flat circular piece or object felt to resemble metal money: a pizza topped with coins of pepperoni.4. A mode of expression considered standard: Two-word verbs are valid linguistic coin in the 20th century.5. Variant of quoin.tr.v. coined, coin·ing, coins 1. To make (pieces of money) from metal; mint or strike: coined silver dollars.2. To make pieces of money from (metal): coin gold.3. To devise (a new word or phrase).adj. Requiring one or more pieces of metal money for operation: a coin washing machine.Idiom: the other side of the coin One of two differing or opposing views or sides.
[Middle English, from Old French, die for stamping coins, wedge, from Latin cuneus, wedge.]
coin′a·ble adj.coin′er n.
 quoinsmooth-cut quoinsquoin also coign or coin C0465000 (koin, kwoin)n.1. a. 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.c. A piece of wood or other material used as trim on the corner of a building in imitation of such a stone.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.tr.v. quoined, quoin·ing, quoins also coigned or coign·ing or coigns or coined or coin·ing or coins To provide, secure, or raise with a quoin or quoins.
[Variant of coin.]TranslationsCoining
coining[′kȯin·iŋ] (metallurgy) A process of forming metals by squeezing between two dies so as to impress well-defined imprints on both surfaces of the work; usually performed cold. Final pressing of a sintered compact in powder metallurgy. Coining the production of raised images on the surfaces of medals, coins, and the like (seeCOIN-MAKING AND MEDALLIC ART); it may be accomplished manually—by means of heavy blows—or in a coining press with steel dies bearing the desired images and inscriptions in intaglio. REFERENCEFlerov, A. V. Khudozhestvennaia obrabotka metallov. Moscow, 1976.coining
coining (koyn'ing), A form of traditional treatment in Southeast Asia in which the edge of a coin is rubbed on the skin to effect a cure.The practice of rubbing the edge of a coin across warm, oiled skin as part of Southeast Asian—Vietnamese—folk therapy—derived from the Chinese for treating migraines, fever, etc.; ‘coined’ skin has darkened, linear, erythematous microecchymoses which simulate lesions of child or domestic abusecoining (koy'ning) 1. A traditional health practice in which a heated coin is placed or rubbed on the skin (to treat conditions such as asthma). A health care provider who is unaware of this practice could erroneously attribute the lesions caused by coining to physical abuse. Synonym: cao gio2. In biomedical engineering, a cold-working process used to improve the strength of metals used for biological purposes (e.g., nails used in orthopedic surgeries). LegalSeeCoinFinancialSeecoin |