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quoin (also coign, coin, coyn).
1. Any external angle or corner of a structure.

2. Angular courses of stone, etc., at the corner of a building, usually laid as alternate quoin headers and quoin stretchers, often dressed with channels around them so they project from the naked of the wall (rustic quoins).

3. One of the dressed stones used to dress and strengthen the corner of a building. See also long-and-short work.

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