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Coign

noun
1.
Expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up a form within a chase.  Synonyms: coigne, quoin.
2.
The keystone of an arch.  Synonyms: coigne, quoin.






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"Coign" Quotes from Famous Books



... doubt. Those massive traps, with their cruel teeth of steel, meant by the makers for the holding of beasts, had been set here by Hodges for the snaring of men. The contrivance was fiendishly efficient. From her coign of vantage on the cliff top, Plutina could see, on a height above, the brush-covered distillery. A thin, blue column of smoke rose straight in the calm air, witness that the kettle was boiling over hickory logs, that a "run" of the liquor was being made. Plutina recalled that, ...
— Heart of the Blue Ridge • Waldron Baily



Words linked to "Coign" :   keystone, headstone, key, wedge, quoin, coigne



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