coigne

English

Etymology

A variant of coign.

Noun

coigne (plural coignes)

1. Alternative form of coign: a keystone; a wedge; (obsolete) a corner or angle, especially of a building.
   • 1843, Robert Henry Horne, Orion: an epic poem:

     Great figures started from the roof
     And lofty coignes.

   • 1884, Robert Kennaway Douglas, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 9th ed., s.v. "Nanking":

     From the eaves of the several stories there hung one hundred and fifty-two bells, and countless lanterns adorned the same coignes of vantage.

Derived terms

• coigne of vantage

Anagrams

• CEOing, Geonic, geonic

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

coigne

1. Alternative form of coyn (“coin, quoin”)

Etymology 2

Noun

coigne

1. Alternative form of coyn (“quince”)

Etymology 3

Verb

coigne

1. Alternative form of coynen