Coign

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Variant of quoin.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A projecting corner or angle.
  • n. A wedge used in typesetting
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A var. spelling of coin, quoin, a corner, wedge; -- chiefly used in the phrase coign of vantage, a position advantageous for action or observation.
  • n. an expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up a form within a chase.
  • n. the keystone of an arch.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A corner; a coin or quoin; a projecting point. See quoin.
  • n. In geology, an original angular elevation of land around which as a corner-stone continental growth has taken place.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the keystone of an arch
  • n. expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up a form within a chase
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    keystone    headstone    key    wedge   
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    coin    quoin   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    cornet   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
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