[syn: quoin, coign, coigne]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Coigne \Coigne\ (koin), n. [See Coin, n.]
A quoin.
[1913 Webster]
See you yound coigne of the Capitol? yon corner stone?
--Shak.
[1913 Webster] Coigne
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Coigne \Coigne\, Coigny \Coign"y\, n.
The practice of quartering one's self as landlord on a
tenant; a quartering of one's self on anybody. [Ireland]
--Spenser.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
coigne
n 1: expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock
up a form within a chase [syn: quoin, coign, coigne]
2: the keystone of an arch [syn: quoin, coign, coigne]