English-Thai Dictionary

quoin

N มุม ด้านนอก กำแพง  coign mum-dan-nok-kam-pang

 

quoin

N มุม ตึก  mum-tuek

 

quoin

N ไม้  หิน  หรือ วัสดุ อื่นๆ  ซึ่ง เป็น รูป ลิ่ม  mai-hin-rue-wad-sa-du-uen-uen-pen-rub

 

quoin

VT ป้องกัน ด้วย การ จัด ด้วย มุม  pong-kan-duai-kan-jud-duai-mum

 

quoit

N กีฬา โยนห่วง  ki-la-yon-huang

 

quoit

N ห่วง ที่ ใช้ โยน ใน กีฬา โยนห่วง  huang-ti-chai-yon-nai-ki-la-yon-huang

 

quoit

VT โยนห่วง  ขว้าง ห่วง  เล่น กีฬา โยนห่วง  yon-huang

 

quoiter

N ผู้ เล่น กีฬา โยนห่วง  phu-len-ki-la-yon-huang

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

QUOIF

n.A cap or hood. [See Coif. ]

 

QUOIF

v.t.To cover or dress with a coif. [This word may be discarded with advantage. ]

 

QUOIFFURE

n.A head dress.

 

QUOIL

[See Coil, the better word. ]

 

QUOIN

n.[See Coin. ] 1. A corner.
2. An instrument to raise any thing; a wedge employed to raise cannon to a proper level, and for other purposes.
3. In architecture, the corner of a brick or stone wall.

 

QUOIT

n. 1. A kind of horse shoe to be pitched or thrown at a fixed object in play. In common practice, a plain flat stone is used for this purpose.
2. In some authors, the discus of the ancients, thrown in trials of strength.

 

QUOIT

v.i.To throw quoits; to play at quoits.

 

QUOIT

v.t.To throw. [Not used. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

QUOIF

QUOIF Quoif, n. & v. t.

 

Defn: See Coif. Shak.

 

QUOIFFURE

QUOIFFURE Quoif "fure, n.

 

Defn: See Coiffure.

 

QUOIL

QUOIL Quoil, n.

 

Defn: See Coil. [Obs. ]

 

QUOIN

Quoin, n. Etym: [See Coin, and cf. Coigne. ]

 

1. (Arch. )

 

Defn: Originally, a solid exterior angle, as of a building; now, commonly, one of the selected pieces of material by which the corner is marked.

 

Note: In stone, the quoins consist of blocks larger than those used in the rest of the building, and cut to dimension. In brickwork, quoins consist of groups or masses of brick laid together, and in a certain imitation of quoins of stone.

 

2. A wedgelike piece of stone, wood metal, or other material, used for various purposes, as: (a ) (Masonry )

 

Defn: to support and steady a stone. (b ) (Gun. ) To support the breech of a cannon. (c ) (Print. ) To wedge or lock up a form within a chase. (d ) (Naut. ) To prevent casks from rolling. Hollow quoin. See under Hollow. -- Quoin post (Canals ), the post of a lock gate which abuts against the wall.

 

QUOIT

Quoit, n. Etym: [OE. coite; cf. OF. coitier to spur, press, (assumed )LL. coctare, fr. L. coquere, coctum, to cook, burn, vex, harass, E. cook, also W. coete a quoit. ]

 

1. (a ) A flattened ring-shaped piece of iron, to be pitched at a fixed object in play; hence, any heavy flat missile used for the same purpose, as a stone, piece of iron, etc. (b ) pl.

 

Defn: A game played with quoits. Shak.

 

2. The discus of the ancients. See Discus.

 

3. A cromlech. [Prov. Eng. ] J. Morley.

 

QUOIT

QUOIT Quoit, v. i.

 

Defn: To throw quoits; to play at quoits. To quoit, to run, and steeds and chariots drive. Dryden.

 

QUOIT

QUOIT Quoit, v. t.

 

Defn: To throw; to pitch. [Obs. or R.] Shak.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

quoin

quoin |k (w )oin kwɔɪn | ▶noun 1 an external angle of a wall or building. • (also quoin stone ) any of the stones or bricks forming such an angle; a cornerstone. 2 Printing a wedge or expanding mechanical device used for locking a letterpress form into a chase. 3 a wedge for raising the level of a gun barrel or for keeping it from rolling. ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 provide (a wall ) with quoins or corners. 2 Printing lock up (a form ) with a quoin. ORIGIN Middle English: variant of coin, used earlier in the sense ‘cornerstone ’ and ‘wedge. ’

 

quoining

quoin ing |ˈk (w )oiniNG ˈkwɔɪnɪŋ | ▶noun the stone or brick used to form a quoin of a wall or building.

 

quoit

quoit |k (w )oit k (w )ɔɪt | ▶noun 1 a ring of iron, rope, or rubber thrown in a game to encircle or land as near as possible to an upright peg. • (quoits ) [ treated as sing. ] a game consisting of aiming and throwing such rings. 2 the flat covering stone of a dolmen. • (often in place names ) the dolmen itself: Quoit Green in Derbyshire. ▶verb [ with obj. ] archaic throw or propel like a quoit. ORIGIN late Middle English: probably of French origin.

 

Oxford Dictionary

quoin

quoin |kɔɪn, kwɔɪn | ▶noun 1 an external angle of a wall or building. • (also quoin stone ) any of the stones or bricks forming a quoin; a cornerstone. 2 Printing a wedge or expanding mechanical device used for locking a letterpress forme into a chase. 3 a wedge for raising the level of a gun barrel or for keeping it from rolling. ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 provide (a wall ) with quoins or corners. 2 Printing lock up (a forme ) with a quoin. ORIGIN Middle English: variant of coin, used earlier in the sense ‘cornerstone ’ and ‘wedge ’.

 

quoining

quoin |ing ▶noun [ mass noun ] the stone or brick used to form a quoin of a wall or building.

 

quoit

quoit |kɔɪt, kwɔɪt | ▶noun 1 a ring of iron, rope, or rubber thrown in a game to encircle or land as near as possible to an upright peg. • (quoits ) [ treated as sing. ] a game consisting of aiming and throwing quoits. 2 the flat covering stone of a dolmen. • [ often in place names ] the dolmen itself. 3 Austral. informal a person's buttocks. ▶verb [ with obj. and adverbial of direction ] archaic throw or propel like a quoit. ORIGIN late Middle English: probably of French origin.

 

French Dictionary

quoi

quoi pron. rel. pronom Pronom neutre qui relie une phrase subordonnée à un pronom de sens indéterminé (ce, cela, rien, chose. ..), à une phrase déjà énoncée. : Ce à quoi tu as pensé est ingénieux.

 

quoique

quoique conj. conjonction 1 Malgré le fait que, bien que. : Quoiqu ’il ait beaucoup de travail, il a décidé de prendre congé. SYNONYME même si . Note Grammaticale L ’élision ne se fait que devant les mots suivants: il, ils, elle, elles, en, on, un, une, ainsi . Note Syntaxique La conjonction quoique, qui introduit une concession, est suivie d ’un verbe au subjonctif, d ’un adjectif, d ’un participe passé, d ’un participe présent ou d ’un complément. Quoique l ’air du temps ne leur soit pas favorable, ils réussiront. Les vacances furent agréables quoique pluvieuses. Un souvenir toujours présent, quoique estompé par le passage du temps. L ’Inde, quoique fonctionnant sur un mode tout à fait différent, a les mêmes préoccupations que la Chine. L ’offre de platine restera déficitaire, quoique dans des proportions inférieures aux attentes de plusieurs analystes. 2 Cependant. : Il serait bien agréable de partir au Mexique à Noël, quoique je raterais ou je raterai de belles promenades dans la forêt enneigée. SYNONYME mais . Note Syntaxique La conjonction quoique, qui introduit une restriction, une objection, peut être suivie du conditionnel ou de l ’indicatif. Note Sémantique Ne pas confondre avec les mots quoi que au sens de « quelle que soit la chose que ». Quoi que vous disiez...

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

quoin

quoin /kɔɪn, kwɔɪn /名詞 C (壁 建物の )外角 ; 隅石 (quoin stone ); くさび石 ; 角れんが .

 

quoit

quoit /kɔɪt, kwɔɪt /名詞 1 U 〖～s; 単数扱い 〗(船上で行う )輪投げ遊び .2 C (そのゲームで使う )輪 .