English-Thai Dictionary
coign
N มุม ด้านนอก อาคาร ไม้ หรื อโลหะ รูป ลิ่ม ใน การอัด กรอบ ตัวพิมพ์ บน แท่น quoin
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
COIGNE
for coin. [See Coin, a corner. ]
COIGNE, COINY
v.i.To live by extortion.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
COIGN
COIGN Coign, n.
Defn: A var. spelling of Coin, Quoin, a corner, wedge; -- chiefly used in the phrase coign of vantage, a position advantageous for action or observation.
From some shielded nook or coign of vantage. The Century.
The lithosphere would be depressed on four faces;... the four projecting coigns would stand up as continents. Nature.
COIGNE
Coigne (koin ), n. Etym: [See Coin, n.]
Defn: A quoin. See you yound coigne of the Capitol yon corner stone Shak.
COIGNE; COIGNY
COIGNE; COIGNY Coigne, Coign "y, n.
Defn: The practice of quartering one's self as landlord on a tenant; a quartering of one's self on anybody. [Ireland ] Spenser.
New American Oxford Dictionary
coign
coign |koin kɔɪn | ▶noun a projecting corner or angle of a wall or building. PHRASES coign of vantage a favorable position for observation or action. ORIGIN late Middle English: variant of coin. The phrase coign of vantage was first used by Shakespeare ( Macbeth i. iv. 7 ), and later popularized by Sir Walter Scott.
Oxford Dictionary
coign
coign |kɔɪn | ▶noun a projecting corner or angle of a wall. PHRASES coign of vantage a favourable position for observation or action. [from Shakespeare's Macbeth ( i. iv. 7 ), popularized by Sir Walter Scott . ]ORIGIN late Middle English: variant of coin .
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