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Wat (wie) is Quoin - definitie


quoin         
[k??n, kw??n]
¦ noun
1. an external angle of a wall or building.
2. Printing a wedge or mechanical device for locking a letterpress forme into a chase.
3. a wedge for raising the level of a gun barrel or to keep it from rolling.
¦ verb
1. provide with quoins.
2. Printing lock with a quoin.
Derivatives
quoining noun
Origin
ME: var. of coin, used earlier in the sense 'cornerstone' and 'wedge'.
Quoin         
·noun to support and steady a stone.
II. Quoin ·noun To prevent casks from rolling.
III. Quoin ·noun To support the breech of a cannon.
IV. Quoin ·noun To wedge or lock up a form within a chase.
V. Quoin ·noun A wedgelike piece of stone, wood metal, or other material, used for various purposes.
VI. Quoin ·noun Originally, a solid exterior angle, as of a building; now, commonly, one of the selected pieces of material by which the corner is marked.
Quoin         
Quoins ( or ) are masonry blocks at the corner of a wall. Some are structural, providing strength for a wall made with inferior stone or rubble,Charles F.

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Quoin
Quoins ( or ) are masonry blocks at the corner of a wall. Some are structural, providing strength for a wall made with inferior stone or rubble,Charles F.
Voorbeelden uit tekstcorpus voor Quoin
1. The other, in Du Quoin, Ill., has a family practice physician but needs a nurse practitioner, she said.
2. Emergency crews were preparing to approach a tanker car to determine whether any of the '2,000 pounds of sulfuric acid it was carrying had spilled, said David Searby, operations officer for Du Quoin Emergency Services.
3. Wednesday March 15, 2006 2:46 PM DU QUOIN, Ill. (AP) – A train hauling sulfuric acid overturned early Wednesday, forcing the evacuation of about 250 southern Illinois homes in a half–mile radius of the accident, authorities said.
4. The Southern Cape, encompassing the decidedly cool Elim near Cape Agulhas, is an obvious example and the likes of Land‘s End and Quoin Rock have shown it is clearly capable of making notably fine Sauvignon Blanc and Syrah.