quoin
/koin, kwoin/US // kɔɪn, kwɔɪn //UK // (kwɔɪn, kɔɪn) //
夸因,夸安,夸恩,夸父
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n.名词 noun
- 1
- : an external solid angle of a wall or the like.
- : one of the stones forming it; cornerstone.
- : any of various bricks of standard shape for forming corners of brick walls or the like.
- : a wedge-shaped piece of wood, stone, or other material, used for any of various purposes.
- : Printing. a wedge of wood or metal for securing type in a chase.
v.有主动词 verb
- 1
- : to provide with quoins, as a corner of a wall.
- : to secure or raise with a quoin or wedge.
Synonyms & Antonyms
nounkeystone
Examples
Some of my surprise may have noted itself in my face, for he laughed boastfully as he threw the quoin upon the deck.
Mark you this,and leaning over, he took from one of the guns a chocking quoin of hickory-wood banded with copper.
Porter's quoin is adopted for all carriages requiring quoins.
A third slid a quoin along the "bed" of the carriage, under the gun, to support it at the required height.
He fell on his knees, with his face on his hands in the open quoin drawer, feeling as if he had uttered a blasphemy.
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