Coign

Quick meaning: Coign is a noun meaning A projecting corner or angle; a cornerstone.

Meaning

A projecting corner or angle; a cornerstone.

More Meanings

1. The keystone of an arch.
2. A wedge used in typesetting.
3. A a corner of a crystal formed by the intersection of three or more faces at a point (in crystallography)
4. An original angular elevation of land around which continental growth has taken place (in geology)
5. (architecture, transitive) To furnish with coigns.

Example Sentences

Kind air defined the coigns of houses in Kildare street.

They lay quietly as the morning advanced its little way, hid snug in their greenwood coign. —

this snug monastic coign, this dreamy and heatless alcove of what we call the best of thought.

Axes taken from corner to corner ( coign to coign is the correct terminology ) in a cube are such …

Word Forms

• coigns
• coigne
• coigning
• coigned

Synonyms for coign

Depending on context, synonyms include quoin, coigne.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include quoin, coigne, cornering, corner-stone, coyn, coyne.

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