Coigne

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  • n. quoin (keystone)
  • n. coign (wedge)
  • n. coign; corner; angle
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A quoin.
  • n. The practice of quartering one's self as landlord on a tenant; a quartering of one's self on anybody.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In Ireland, formerly, the custom of landlords quartering themselves upon their tenants at pleasure. The term appears to have been applied also to the forcible billeting of others, as of soldiers.
  • To quarter one's self on another by force; live by extortion.
  • 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
  • Equivalent
    coigny   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    keystone    headstone    key    wedge   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    quoin   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    coyne    coign    looking-for    chock    seisin    keystone    spick    loremaster    scantling    moment