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111coign — archaic spelling of QUOIN (Cf. quoin) (q.v.), surviving only in Shakespeare s coign of vantage ( Macbeth I.vi.), popularized by Sir Walter Scott, properly a projecting corner (for observation) …
112coin — {{11}}coin (n.) c.1300, a wedge, from O.Fr. coing (12c.) a wedge; stamp; piece of money; corner, angle, from L. cuneus a wedge. The die for stamping metal was wedge shaped, and the English word came to mean thing stamped, a piece of money by late …
113coin — I. n. 1. Corner, quoin, coign. 2. Prop, wedge, plug, key, quoin. 3. Specie, cash, money, metallic money, hard money, stamped money. II. v. a. 1. Convert (metal) into money by stamping, convert into coin. 2. Invent, fabricate, devise, create, form …
114coin — [[t]kɔɪn[/t]] n. 1) a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money 2) a number of such pieces 3) cvb inf Informal. money; cash 4) archit. quoin 1), quoin 2) 5) cvb operated by or containing machines operated …
115coin — [14] Latin cuneus meant ‘wedge’ (from it we get cuneiform ‘wedge shaped script’). It passed into Old French as coing or coin, where it developed a variety of new meanings. Primary amongst these was ‘corner stone’ or ‘corner’, a sense preserved in …
116Ancon — An con, Ancone An cone, n. [See {Ancon}, above.] (Arch.) (a) The corner or quoin of a wall, cross beam, or rafter. [Obs.] Gwilt. (b) A bracket supporting a cornice; a console. [1913 Webster] …
117Ancone — Ancon An con, Ancone An cone, n. [See {Ancon}, above.] (Arch.) (a) The corner or quoin of a wall, cross beam, or rafter. [Obs.] Gwilt. (b) A bracket supporting a cornice; a console. [1913 Webster] …
118Coigne — (koin), n. [See {Coin}, n.] A quoin. [1913 Webster] See you yound coigne of the Capitol? yon corner stone? Shak. [1913 Webster] …
119Heelpost — Heel post , n. 1. (Naut.) The post supporting the outer end of a propeller shaft. [1913 Webster] 2. (Carp.) The post to which a gate or door is hinged. [1913 Webster] 3. (Engineering) The quoin post of a lock gate. [1913 Webster] …
120Hollow — Hol low, a. [OE. holow, holgh, holf, AS. holh a hollow, hole. Cf. {Hole}.] 1. Having an empty space or cavity, natural or artificial, within a solid substance; not solid; excavated in the interior; as, a hollow tree; a hollow sphere. [1913… …
