| NOUN | artifact | quoin, coign, coigne | expandable metal / metal or wooden wedge used by printers / printers to lock up a form within a chase |
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| artifact | quoin, coign, coigne | the keystone of an arch | |
| artifact | quoin, corner | (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building |
| Meaning | expandable metal / metal or wooden wedge used by printers / printers to lock up a form within a chase. | |
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| Synonyms | coign, coigne | |
| Broader | wedge | Something solid that is usable as an inclined plane (shaped like a V) that can be pushed between two things to separate them |
| Meaning | The keystone of an arch. | |
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| Synonyms | coign, coigne | |
| Broader | keystone, key, headstone | The central building block at the top of an arch or vault |
| Spanish | clave, cuña, piedra angular | |
| Meaning | (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone. | |
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| Synonym | corner | |
| Category | architecture | The discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings |
| Part of | building, edifice | A structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place |
| Broader | structure, construction | A thing constructed |
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