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Definition: Quoin |
QuoinNoun1. Expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up a form within a chase. 2. The keystone of an arch. 3. (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "quoin" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1851. (references) |
Note: Quoin \Quoin\, noun. [See Coin, and compare to Coigne.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Mining | A. The keystone or a voussoir of an arch. b. A wedge to support or steady a stone. c. A large square ashlar or stone at the angle of a wall to limit the rubble and make the corner true and strong; an exterior masonry corner.d. One of the four facets on the crown, pavilion, or base of a gem. (references) |
Publishing & Graphic Arts | Mechanical wedge used to lock forms in chases before they go to the printing press. Source: European Union. (references) |
Shipping | A wedge-shaped piece of timber used to secure barrels against movement. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
"Quoin" or "coin" refers to a slightly projecting, sometimes rough-finished masonry on the corners of buildings. Architects and builders use quoins to give the impression of strength and firmness to the outline of a building. Rough-finished or rusticated masonry is also frequently used for foundation layers of buildings to give the same impression. Quoinage can be carried out in stone on a stone building, with stone on a predominantly brick building, or by laying brick masonry to give the appearance of blocks at the corner.See Architecture.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Quoin."
Synonyms: QuoinSynonyms: coign (n), coigne (n), corner (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Quoin |
| English words defined with "quoin": Ancone ♦ Heelpost. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "quoin": English cross bond ♦ MAKE-UP ARRANGER ♦ Saint Andrew's cross bond, stone hand. (references) |
| "Quoin" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Quoin" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 4 | 175,879 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "quoin": Du Quoin ♦ Hollow quoin ♦ quoin post. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
du quoin illinois | 53 |
du fair quoin state | 17 |
quoin | 12 |
call du evening quoin | 4 |
du quoin | 3 |
du fairgrounds quoin state | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "quoin"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | qoshe e jashtme të një ndërtese, pykë (nib, wedge), gur qosheje. (various references) | |
Arabic | حجر زاوية, زود جدارا بحجارة زاوية, زاوية خارجية. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | крайъгълен камък (apex stone, cornerstone, headstone, keystone), клиновиден камък на свод, клин (chock, cleat, cotter bolt, gusset, key, lock, loco, nib, panel, peg, salient, wedge), външен ъгъл на сграда (coign). (various references) | |
Chinese | '落 (Nook). (various references) | |
Czech | rohový kámen. (various references) | |
Danish | udvendigt hjørne (capping with extended return), sluttekile, kile (chock, cleat, cotter, cut, feather, integral key, key, peg, shim, shim piece, speed-change lane, spline, sump, taper, wedge). (various references) | |
Dutch | uitspringende hoek (capping with extended return), kooi (cage). (various references) | |
French | coin. (various references) | |
German | Schließkeil, Keil (chock, cotter, gore, gusset, hand-ax, peg, wedge), Aussenecke (capping with extended return). (various references) | |
Greek | σφήνα (chock, wedge), γωνιόλιθοσ, εξωτερική γωνία (external anchor, external angle), αγκωνάρι. (various references) | |
Hungarian | szöglet (angle, cant, corner, corner-kick, nook). (various references) | |
Italian | concio d'angolo, angolo di esterno (capping with extended return). (various references) | |
Manx | jingey (cram, crowd, crowd up, crowding, crush, embed, jam, let in, move along, press, press forward, ram home, shove, shove forward, shoving, throng, thronging, wedge; indentation, wedging), jeenys (chock, steady, wedge), clagh chorneilagh (cornerstone, headstone). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | oinquay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | cunha (coin, cotter, planer, recommendation, wedge). (various references) | |
Romanian | fixa cu o panã (key, wedge in), colţar (boss, corner, crampon, cupboard, Square, triangle), colţ (aiguille, angle, cliff, corner, Fang, nest, nook, spot, stump, tooth, tusk), cheie de boltã, înţepeni cu o panã (wedge in). (various references) | |
Russian | внешний угол здания. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | ugao (angle, corner, nook), ćošak (corner, nook). (various references) | |
Spanish | cuña (chock, key, wedge). (various references) | |
Swedish | kil (chock, cleat, cotter, Gib, Gore, gusset, wedge), hörn (angle, corner, nook). (various references) | |
Thai | มุมตึก, มุม"้านนอกกำแพง. (various references) | |
Turkish | duvar köşesi örmek, duvar köşesi, dizgi çerçeve takozu, çerçeve takozu ile tutturmak. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | кутовий камінь мурування, клин (chock, cleat, cotter, gusset, nib, scotch, shim, wedge), замок склепіння. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | gạch xây ở góc cái chèn, góc tường đá xây ở góc, cái chêm (gib, nog). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "quoin": quoined, quoining, quoins. (additional references) | |
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"Quoin" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aquin, Audouin, koi, koin, qoen, qoi, qoin, quaia, quaib, quaif, quaig, quaim, quain, quainc, quaind, quaine, quaix, quan, quane, quani, quei, quein, quhin, quian, quih, quij, quiln, quim, quin, Quina, quind, quink, quino, quinz, quio, quiod, quiol, quion, quiona, Quirin, Quirino, quizin, quoa, quoan, quoe, quoid, quoie, quoim, quoine, quoint, quoir, quois, quomin, quomn, quon, quona, quone, quoon, quopi, quorn, quosi, quou, quoy, quzin, uion. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "i-n-o-q-u" | |
-1 letter: quin. | |
-2 letters: ion. | |
-3 letters: in, no, nu, on, un. | |
| Words containing the letters "i-n-o-q-u" | |
+1 letter: quinoa, quinol, quoins. | |
+2 letters: coquina, equinox, jonquil, quinoas, quinoid, quinols, quinone, quoined, quoting. | |
+3 letters: aequorin, conquian, coquinas, equation, jonquils, opaquing, question, quinoids, quinolin, quinones, quoining, quoiting, quotient, torquing. | |
+4 letters: aequorins, conquians, dominique, equations, equinoxes, liquation, liquoring, nonliquid, nonunique, obliquing, questions, quinoline, quinolins, quinonoid, quotation, quotidian, quotients, roqueting, unquoting. | |
+5 letters: cinquefoil, coequating, communique, conquering, coquetting, croqueting, dominiques, equational, equitation, ineloquent, iniquitous, inquisitor, liquations, misquoting, nonaquatic, nonliquids, outquoting, quaternion, quercitron, questioned, questioner, quinolines, quotations, quotidians, squamation, squooshing, tourniquet, ubiquinone. | |
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