COIGN

quoin, coign, coigne

(noun) the keystone of an arch

quoin, coign, coigne

(noun) expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up a form within a chase

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

coign (plural coigns)

A projecting corner or angle; a cornerstone.

The keystone of an arch.

A wedge used in typesetting.

A a corner of a crystal formed by the intersection of three or more faces at a point (in crystallography)

An original angular elevation of land around which continental growth has taken place (in geology)

Anagrams

• incog

Source: Wiktionary

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Coign, n.

Definition: A var. spelling of Coin, Quoin, a corner, wedge; -- chiefly used in the phrase coign of vantage, a position advantageous for action or observation.

From some shielded nook or coign of vantage. The Century.

The lithosphere would be depressed on four faces; . . . the four projecting coigns would stand up as continents. Nature.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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