Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - quoin
Quoin
quoin
n. & v. --n. 1 an external angle of a building. 2 a stone or brick forming an angle; a cornerstone. 3 a wedge used for locking type in a forme. 4 a wedge for raising the level of a gun, keeping the barrel from rolling, etc. --v.tr. secure or raise with quoins. Derivatives quoining n. Etymology: var. of COIN
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I. noun Etymology: alteration of 1coin Date: 1532 1. a solid exterior angle (as of a building), one of the members (as a block) forming a ~ and usually differentiated from the adjoining walls by material, texture, color, size, or projection, the keystone or a voussoir of an arch, a wooden or expandable metal block used by printers to lock up a form within a chase, II. transitive verb Date: 1683 to equip (a type form) with ~s, to provide with ~s ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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