coign
Kelime Anlamı :

1. çıkıntılı köşe.
2. dirsek.
3. coign of vantage bir hareket veya gözlem için elverişli nokta.
4. takoz.
5. (isim) çıkıntılı köşe.
6. çikintili köse.
Eş Anlamlı Kelimeler :
cornet, quoin
Tanımlar :
1. variant of quoin.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1. A projecting corner or angle.
2. A wedge used in typesetting
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
1. A var. spelling of coin, quoin, a corner, wedge; -- chiefly used in the phrase coign of vantage, a position advantageous for action or observation.
2. an expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up a form within a chase.
3. the keystone of an arch.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1. A corner; a coin or quoin; a projecting point. see quoin.
2. in geology, an original angular elevation of land around which as a corner-stone continental growth has taken place.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
1. the keystone of an arch
2. expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up a form within a chase
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.