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| quoin [ koyn, kwoyn ] or coign [ koyn ] or coigne [ koyn ] |
noun (plural quoins) (plural coigns) (plural coignes) |
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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 (3rd person present singular quoins, present participle quoining, past and past participle quoined) (3rd person present singular coigns, present participle coigning, past and past participle coigned) (3rd person present singular coignes, present participle coigning, past and past participle coigned) |
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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] |
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