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
coigne (plural coignes)
Alternative form of coign: a keystone; a wedge; (obsolete) a corner or angle, especially of a building.
• Geonic, geonic
Source: Wiktionary
Coigne (koin), n. Etym: [See Coin, n.]
Definition: A quoin. See you yound coigne of the Capitol yon corner stone Shak.
Coigne, Coign"y, n.
Definition: The practice of quartering one's self as landlord on a tenant; a quartering of one's self on anybody. [Ireland] Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
