Definition of Coign. Meaning of Coign. Synonyms of Coign

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Definition of Coign

Coign
Coign 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.

Meaning of Coign from wikipedia

- Coign is an older spelling of Quoin, and may refer to: Coign (architecture), masonry blocks at the corner of a wall Coign (gunnery), a wedge used in aiming...
- Coign and livery or coyne and livery (Irish: coinmheadh is buannacht) in Gaelic Ireland was the free entertainment which a chief exacted from his subjects...
- Quoins (/kɔɪn/ or /kwɔɪn/) are masonry blocks at the corner of a wall. Some are structural, providing strength for a wall made with inferior stone or rubble...
- A quoin is a device used to lock printing type in a chase in letterpress printing. Quoins are pairs of wedges, facing opposite directions. A wrench or...
- Cannon operation required specialised crew and gunners, who were first enlisted by the Spanish in the 14th century. The nature of cannon operation often...
- doi:10.1021/jf0204102. PMID 12236700. Ector BJ, Magee JB, Hegwood CP, Coign MJ (1996). "Resveratrol Concentration in Muscadine Berries, Juice, Pomace...
- where "champ" is an obsolete precursor to "chomp", in current use coign, as in "coign of vantage" deserts, as in "just deserts", although singular "desert"...
- doi:10.1111/1750-3841.13522. PMID 27741360. Ector BJ, Magee JB, Hegwood CP, Coign MJ (1996). "Resveratrol Concentration in Muscadine Berries, Juice, Pomace...
- inculpable, inculpate, inculpatory, mea culpa cune- wedge Latin cuneus coign, coigne, coin, cuneate, cuneiform, cuneus, encoignure, obcuneate, precuneus...
- flat bottom was carvel-built and the sides were clinker-built.: 225–227  coign A wedge used to ****ist in the aiming of a cannon; an older form of "quoin"...