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COIGNING
COIGN
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.
COIGNE
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
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