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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) | ||
coign n 1: expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up a form within a chase [syn: quoin, coign, coigne] 2: the keystone of an arch [syn: quoin, coign, coigne] | ||
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Coign \Coign\ (koin), 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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] From some shielded nook or coign of vantage. --The Century. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] The lithosphere would be depressed on four faces; . . . the four projecting coigns would stand up as continents. --Nature. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. an expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up a form within a chase. Syn: quoin, coigne. [WordNet 1.5] 3. the keystone of an arch. Syn: quoin, coigne. [WordNet 1.5] | ||
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