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| quoin [ kwoyn, koyn ] or coign [ koyn ] |
noun (plural quoins) (plural coigns) |
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1. outer corner: the outer corner of a wall
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2. block forming corner: a stone block used to form a quoin, especially when it is different, e.g. in size or material, from the other blocks or bricks in the wall
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3. architecture
Same as keystone (sense 1)
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transitive verb (past and past participle quoined, present participle quoin·ing, 3rd person present singular quoins) (past and past participle coigned, present participle coign·ing, 3rd person present singular coigns) |
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build corner with distinctive blocks: to build an outer corner of a wall using blocks that are different, e.g. in size or texture, from the other blocks or bricks used to build the wall
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| [Mid-16th century. Variant of coin] |
