Other Definitions quoin (enc)
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Quoin| Noun | 1. | quoin - expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up a form within a chasewedge - something solid that is usable as an inclined plane (shaped like a V) that can be pushed between two things to separate them | | | 2. | quoin - the keystone of an arch | | | 3. | quoin - (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstonebuilding, edifice - a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice" structure, construction - a thing constructed; a complex construction or entity; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons" architecture - the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings; "architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use" | |
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