coign : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: coign	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for coign
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
coign n expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up a form within a chase Synonym(s): quoin, coign, coigne the keystone of an arch Synonym(s): quoin, coign, coigne
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Coign \Coign\, n. A var. spelling of {Coin}, {Quoin}, a corner, wedge; -- chiefly used in the phrase coign of vantage, a position advantageous for action or observation. From some shielded nook or coign of vantage. --The Century. The lithosphere would be depressed on four faces; . . . the four projecting coigns would stand up as continents. --Nature.