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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

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]


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]