a quoin

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Any of the corner building blocks of a building, usually larger or more ornate than the surrounding blocks
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An external angle in a wall or building
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A stone, brick or wood block used to accentuate the outside corner of a building
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To support the breech of a cannon
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{i} external corner or angle of a wall; cornerstone, stone forming the external angle of a wall
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In architecture, both the external corner of a building and, more often, one of the stones used to form that corner. These stones are both structural and decorative in that they often differ in jointing, colour, texture, or size from the masonry of the adjoining walls. Usually quoins are toothed (i.e., set in short courses in a regular pattern of alternating lengths). Such construction dates back to ancient Rome
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A block of stone forming the external corner of two adjacent walls
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one of a series of stones laid at the exterior corners and angles of a building and consisting of contrasting material to that of the wall
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dressed stone at the corner of a building
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To wedge or lock up a form within a chase
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In traditional metal typesetting, a steel wedge-shaped or expanding device used to lock a line of type
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the keystone of an arch
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A corner reinforcing of cut stone or bricks in a masonry wall
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An exterior masonry corner
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the keystone of an arch expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up a form within a chase
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A structural form, usually of masonry, used at the corners of a building for the purpose of reinforcement, frequently imitated for decorative purposes
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Wedge set beneath the breech of a gun and moved in or out to adjust elevation It was eventually superseded by the elevating screw Sometimes spelled coin in contemporary works
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Originally, a solid exterior angle, as of a building; now, commonly, one of the selected pieces of material by which the corner is marked
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One of a series of blocks or block-like components at the corner of a wall; in a masonry wall, its function is to reinforce the corner
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Units of stone or brick used to accentuate the corners of a building
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(architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone
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Cast Stone block used to make up a corner of a wall
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a steel wedge-shaped or expandable device used to lock up type or die elements in a chase
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A small wedge, usually of wood, used for tightening or locking up forms or galleys in pre-electronic printing
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Decorative brick corner
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Timber wedge used to secure drums against movement
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One of the corner stones of an exterior façade when these are emphasized by size, by more formal cutting, by more conspicuous jointing or by difference in texture
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lead type is held in a letterpress chase with these small wedge like pieces of metal
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expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up a form within a chase
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A wedgelike piece of stone, wood, metal, or other material, used for various purposes To support and steady a stone
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To prevent casks from rolling
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Dressed stone at angle of building
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