Definitions for: Coign


[n] the keystone of an arch
[n] expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up a form within a chase



Webster (1913) Definition: Coign, n.
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.

Synonyms: coigne, quoin

See Also: headstone, keystone, wedge

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