quoin
quoin
kwɔÉĒn
kvoyn
/kwˈɔÉĒn/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "quoin"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻ­āĻŦāύ⧇āϰ āϕ⧋āĻŖ, āϕ⧋āϪ⧇āϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻĨāϰ

the corner angle of a building, typically formed by masonry blocks or stones
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The Georgian townhouse had quoins made of finely dressed stone, accentuating the symmetry and elegance of the façade.
āϜāĻ°ā§āϜāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāύ āϟāĻžāωāύāĻšāĻžāωāϏ⧇ āϏ⧁āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĒā§‹āĻļāĻžāĻ• āĻĒāϰāĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻĨāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āϕ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϝāĻž āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽā§āĻ–āĻ­āĻžāϗ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāĻŽāĻŋāϤāĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ•āĻŽāύ⧀āϝāĻŧāϤāĻž āĻœā§‹āϰ āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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the central wedge-shaped stone at the top of an arch that locks the other stones into position

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Builders carved the quoin to match the surrounding stones.
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a wedge, typically metal or wood, used by printers to expand and lock type forms securely within a chase

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Wooden quoins were used to adjust the form's width.
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