What does quoin mean?
Definitions for quoin
kɔɪn, kwɔɪnquoin
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Princeton's WordNet
quoin, coign, coignenoun
expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up a form within a chase
quoin, coign, coignenoun
the keystone of an arch
corner, quoinnoun
(architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone
Wiktionary
quoinnoun
Any of the corner building blocks of a building, usually larger or more ornate than the surrounding blocks.
quoinnoun
The keystone of an arch.
quoinnoun
A metal wedge which fits into the space between the type and the edge of a chase, and is tightened to fix the metal type in place.
quoinnoun
A form of wedge used to prevent casks from moving
Etymology: Variant of coin; compare coign.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Quoinnoun
Etymology: coin, Fr.
A sudden tempest from the desert flew
With horrid wings, and thundered as it blew,
Then whirling round, the quoins together strook. George Sandys.Build brick houses with strong and firm quoins or columns at each end. John Mortimer, Husbandry.
Wikipedia
Quoin
Quoins ( or ) are masonry blocks at the corner of a wall. Some are structural, providing strength for a wall made with inferior stone or rubble, while others merely add aesthetic detail to a corner. According to one 19th century encyclopedia, these imply strength, permanence, and expense, all reinforcing the onlooker's sense of a structure's presence.Stone quoins are used on stone or brick buildings. Brick quoins may appear on brick buildings, extending from the facing brickwork in such a way as to give the appearance of generally uniformly cut ashlar blocks of stone larger than the bricks. Where quoins are decorative and non-load-bearing a wider variety of materials is used, including timber, stucco, or other cement render.
ChatGPT
quoin
A quoin is an external solid angle or corner of a wall or building, typically made of stone, brick, or concrete and often distinctively treated in a decorative manner. It can also refer to a wedged piece of wood or metal used to secure or lock things in place, as in printing or masonry.
Webster Dictionary
Quoinnoun
originally, a solid exterior angle, as of a building; now, commonly, one of the selected pieces of material by which the corner is marked
Quoinnoun
a wedgelike piece of stone, wood metal, or other material, used for various purposes
Quoinnoun
to support and steady a stone
Quoinnoun
to support the breech of a cannon
Quoinnoun
to wedge or lock up a form within a chase
Quoinnoun
to prevent casks from rolling
Etymology: [See Coin, and cf. Coigne.]
Wikidata
Quoin
Quoins are masonry blocks at the corner of a wall. They exist in some cases to provide actual strength for a wall made with inferior stone or rubble and in other cases to make a feature of a corner, creating an impression of permanence and strength, and reinforcing the onlooker’s sense of a structure’s presence. Stone quoins are used on stone or brick buildings. Brick quoins may appear on brick buildings extruding from the facing brickwork in such a way as to give the appearance of blocks. Where quoins are used for decoration and not for load-bearing, they may be made from a variety of materials including brick, stone or timber. In one common form of decorative use, quoins wrap around the wall with their longest sides oriented horizontally, first left, then right about the corner. The long and short quoining method places long stone blocks with their lengths oriented vertically, between smaller stone blocks that are laid flat. This load bearing quoining is common in Anglo-Saxon buildings such as that of St Bene't's Church in Cambridge, England.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Quoin
koin, n. (archit.) a wedge used to support and steady a stone: an external angle, esp. of a building: (gun.) a wedge of wood or iron put under the breech of heavy guns or the muzzle of siege-mortars to raise them to the proper level: (print.) a wedge used to fasten the types in the forms.—v.t. to wedge or steady with quoins. [Coin.]
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
quoin
A wooden wedge adjusted to support the breech of a gun, so as to give the muzzle the required elevation or depression. Also, one of the mechanical powers.
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
quoin
In gunnery, is a wedge used to lay under the breech of a gun to elevate or depress it.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of quoin in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of quoin in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
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