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    COIGN

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The keystone of an archplay

    Synonyms:

    coign; coigne; quoin

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting man-made objects

    Hypernyms ("coign" is a kind of...):

    headstone; key; keystone (the central building block at the top of an arch or vault)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up a form within a chaseplay

    Synonyms:

    coign; coigne; quoin

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting man-made objects

    Hypernyms ("coign" is a kind of...):

    wedge (something solid that is usable as an inclined plane (shaped like a V) that can be pushed between two things to separate them)

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