coign
/kɔɪn/
词源说明
Variant of quoin.
释义
名词noun
- 1A projecting corner or angle; a cornerstone.
- 2The keystone of an arch.
- 3A wedge used in typesetting.
- 4A a corner of a crystal formed by the intersection of three or more faces at a point (in crystallography)
- 5An original angular elevation of land around which continental growth has taken place (in geology)
动词verb
- 1(architecture, transitive) To furnish with coigns.