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/dooh koyn"/a town in SW Illinois: site of the Hambletonian. 6594.
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Quoin Island — ist der Name mehrerer Inseln. in Australien: Quoin Island (Inner Islands), südliche Torres Strait Inseln Quoin Island (Western Islands) (Quoin Rock), westliche Torres Strait Inseln Quoin Island (Great Barrier Reef), Great Barrier Reef Quoin… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Quoin — (kwoin or koin; 277), n. [See {Coin}, and cf. {Coigne}.] 1. (Arch.) Originally, a solid exterior angle, as of a building; now, commonly, one of the selected pieces of material by which the corner is marked. [1913 Webster] Note: In stone, the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Quoin post — Quoin Quoin (kwoin or koin; 277), n. [See {Coin}, and cf. {Coigne}.] 1. (Arch.) Originally, a solid exterior angle, as of a building; now, commonly, one of the selected pieces of material by which the corner is marked. [1913 Webster] Note: In… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Quoin Island — may refer to:* Quoin Island National Park, off Lockhart River, East coast of North Queensland, Australia * Quoin Island, Torres Strait North of Cape York Peninsula, Australia … Wikipedia
Quoin Hill Airport — was an airport in North Efate, in Vanuatu (IATA: UIQ, ICAO: NVVQ). The airstrip was used during World War II but is no longer usable as an airstrip. Investigations took place in the late 1980s as to whether Quoin Hill could be used as an… … Wikipedia
quoin — quoin·ing; quoin; … English syllables
quoin — [koin, kwoin] n. [var. of COIN] 1. the external corner of a building; esp., any of the large, squared stones by which the corner of a building is marked 2. a wedgelike piece of stone, etc., such as the keystone or one of the pieces of an arch 3.… … English World dictionary
Quoin Island National Park — Quoin Island is a national park in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Queensland, Australia, 1947 km northwest of Brisbane. It is a terrestrial oasis in a desert of water situated about 30km North East of Iron Range National Park and… … Wikipedia
quoin — (n.) 1530s, a cornerstone, variant of COIN (Cf. coin) (n.), originally in other senses of that word, too, including a wedge … Etymology dictionary
quoin — ► NOUN 1) an external angle of a wall or building. 2) a cornerstone. DERIVATIVES quoining noun. ORIGIN variant of COIN(Cf. ↑coiner), in the former senses «cornerstone» and «wedge» … English terms dictionary
Quoin — Generally, a quoin is a wedge, used to support or anchor other items. More specifically, quoin may refer to:*Quoin (architecture), the corner stones that anchor the edge of the building wall *In printing, quoins are wedges used by printers to… … Wikipedia
