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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: coign (0.01072 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to coign.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: coign
coign
n 1: expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up
a form within a chase [syn:
quoin,
coigne]
2: the keystone of an arch [syn:
quoin,
coigne]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Coign
Coign
\Coign\ (koin), 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.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From some shielded nook or coign of vantage. --The
Century.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
The lithosphere would be depressed on four faces; . . .
the four projecting coigns would stand up as
continents. --Nature.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. an expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to
lock up a form within a chase.
Syn: quoin, coigne.
[WordNet 1.5]
3. the keystone of an arch.
Syn: quoin, coigne.
[WordNet 1.5]
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