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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: 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}]
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