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coigne
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun coigne has 2 senses
- coigne(n = noun.artifact) coign, quoin - expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up a form within a chase; Array is a kind of wedge
- coigne(n = noun.artifact) coign, quoin - the keystone of an arch; Array is a kind of headstone, key, keystone
CIDE DICTIONARY
A quoin. [1913 Webster]
"See you yound coigne of the Capitol? yon corner stone?"
[1913 Webster]
coigne, n.
The practice of quartering one's self as landlord on a tenant; a quartering of one's self on anybody. Spenser. [1913 Webster]
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