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What does quoin mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word quoin? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. Any of the corner building blocks of a building, usually larger or more ornate than the surrounding blocks.
  2. The keystone of an arch.
  3. A metal wedge which fits into the space between the type and the edge of a chase, and is tightened to fix the metal type in place.
  4. (obsolete, nautical) A form of wedge used to prevent casks from moving
  5. (firearms) A wedge of wood or iron put under the breech of heavy guns or the muzzle of siege-mortars to raise them to the proper level.
Verb
  1. (transitive) To wedge or steady with quoins.
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