coigne Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up a form within a chase
    quoin; coign.
  2. noun the keystone of an arch
    quoin; coign.

WordNet

Coigne noun
Etymology
See Coin, n.
Definitions
  1. A quoin.
    See you yound coigne of the Capitol? yon corner stone? Shak.
Coigne, Coign"y noun (Also<
  • Coigne
  • Coigny
)
Definitions
  1. The practice of quartering one's self as landlord on a tenant; a quartering of one's self on anybody. Ireland Spenser.

Webster 1913