coign
/kɔɪn
/noun
A projecting corner or angle of a wall.And presently we came upon the ruin of yet another gate that marked the entrance to what had once been a great and terrible city, and upon the coign of that tall archway was inscribed the name Kolibos....
- He chased a number of them into the sanctity of their own yards, but from these coigns they continued to ridicule him.
- The forms are varied, and pseudocubic crystals with complexly formed coigns have been found here; twinning has been observed.
Phrases
coign of vantage
Origin
Late Middle English: variant of coin.
Rhymes
- Wheatstone bridge
- Wheatstone, Sir Charles
- whee
- wheech
- wheedle
- wheedler
- advanced placement
- advanced student
- Advanced Subsidiary
- advanced subsidiary level
- Advanced Supplementary
- advance freight
- advance growth
- advance guard
- advance man
- advancement
- advance note
- advance notice
- advance party
- advance price
- advance proofs
- advancer
- advance sheets
- advancingly
- advantage