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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Coigne \Coigne\ (koin), n. [See {Coin}, n.] A quoin. See you yound coigne of the Capitol? yon corner stone? --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Coigne \Coigne\, Coigny \Coign"y\, n. The practice of quartering one's self as landlord on a tenant; a quartering of one's self on anybody. [Ireland] --Spenser. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: coigne n 1: expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up a form within a chase [syn: {quoin}, {coign}] 2: the keystone of an arch [syn: {quoin}, {coign}]
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