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Noun
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quoin

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun has 3 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

n. Array
  •  Originally, a solid exterior angle, as of a building; now, commonly, one of the selected pieces of material by which the corner is marked.  [1913 Webster]
  •  A wedgelike piece of stone, wood, metal, or other material, used for various purposes;  [1913 Webster]
Hollow quoin. See under Hollow. -- Quoin post (Canals), the post of a lock gate which abuts against the wall.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

, n. & v.
--n.
1 an external angle of a building.
2 a stone or brick forming an angle; a cornerstone.
3 a wedge used for locking type in a forme.
4 a wedge for raising the level of a gun, keeping the barrel from rolling, etc.
--v.tr. secure or raise with quoins.

Derivative
quoining n.
Etymology
var. of COIN

THESAURUS

Intertype, L, Linotype, Monotype, angle, apex, bend, bifurcation, bight, cant, chevron, coin, cold-type typesetting, composing, composing stick, composition, computerized typesetting, corner, cornerstone, crank, crook, crotchet, deflection, dogleg, dummy, first stone, footstone, fork, foundation stone, furcation, furniture, galley chase, headstone, hook, hot-metal typesetting, imposition, inflection, justification, keystone, knee, layout, line of type, nook, photocomposition, photosetting, phototypesetter, phototypesetting machine, point, setting, slug, swerve, typesetting, typesetting machine, veer, vertex, zag, zig, zigzag
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