quoin
pronunciation
How to pronounce quoin in British English:
UK [kɔɪn]
How to pronounce quoin in American English:
US [kɔɪn]
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- Noun:
- expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up a form within a chase
- the keystone of an arch
- (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone
Word Origin
- quoin (n.)
- 1530s, "a cornerstone," variant spelling of coin (n.); in early use also in other senses of that word, including "a wedge."
Example
- 1. I must put you in the heart that quoin .
- 2. In dream happy , lonely quoin .
- 3. Who can sobs when me , thought I hide in the quoin .
- 4. But , I must put you in the heart that quoin .
- 5. All these are the frauds , gives up me have to give up , alone hides inthe quoin sob .